02.03.2010 International conference : Personages of World War II: Victims, Righteous, Liberators and Executioners
On 14-15 March 2010, the Conference and Round Table “The Personages of World War II and the Holocaust: Victims, Righteous Persons , Liberators and Executioners” will be arranged in Riga, Latvia. The event is organized by the World Congress of Russian Jewry in cooperation with The Baltic Forum, Israeli and Russian NGOs. The conference and the Round Table in Riga will be the follow-up event of the international conference "Legacy of the World War II and the Holocaust" (Berlin, December 2009).

17.02.2010 Netanyahu: Israel will erect a memorial commemorating the Red Army
Netanyahu said he hoped the memorial would be erected before Putin’s next visit to Israel, expected within the year, and that at the same time the Russian prime minister could also take party in the ceremony in which Russia would formally take over control of the Sergei courtyard in central Jerusalem.

25.01.2010 Israeli Holocaust Museum director condemns equaling of Stalinism, Nazism
Claims by certain European countries that Hitler and Stalin committed similar crimes have been opposed at a meeting of the Israeli government. "Stalin and Hitler are given similar characteristics, and crimes of totalitarian regimes are discussed. Such discussions bring to naught the significance of Holocaust," Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum Director General Avner Shalev said in a speech

22.12.2009 The Berlin international conference "Legacy of World War Two and Holocaust" is pursuing the unity of the anti-fasciscy forces
Delegates from 25 countries in the world have gathered in Berlin to coordinate efforts in the fight against attempts at distorting history and eulogizing fascism. Among the aims of the "Lessons of World War 2 and the Holocaust" conference in Berlin is raising to a higher level the anti-fasciscy movement and  the objective is spelled out officially in the final resolution of the conference.

21.12.2009 Of insult and mockery. Efraim Zuroff for Jerusalem Post
While the Global Forum was meeting in Jerusalem, the conference on the legacy of the Holocaust was scheduled for Berlin. Given the prestigious status of the former and the fact that five colleagues of mine were planning to participate, the natural choice would have been Jerusalem, but in this case I opted for Berlin because of an extremely unfortunate decision made by the Foreign Ministry, which I believe will prove very detrimental to Jewish interests.

19.11.2009 Israeli MPs protest anti-Semitism in Ukraine
The letter, which was signed on November 18 by members representing most of the parties in the Knesset, was addressed to the Ukraine's president, Victor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.The letter spoke about the fear of a new "wave of anti-Semitism in the Ukraine that has come to a peak with the authorization of Ratushnyak, the current mayor of Uzhgorod, to run for President."

26.10.2009 Boris Shpigel visited Ben Yakir vouth village in Israel
Shpigel inaugurated the 'Friendship Plaza' in the village, in which a special stone was dedicated to him, and planted a tree there. During his visit, Senator Shpigel heard from the village alumni about their life and experiences in the years they spent at the village, and the tools provided to them during these years to lead a meaningful, positive life as contributing citizens.

07.10.2009 Russian Jewish group vows to pay IDF legal bill
There is no Jewish Diaspora as intimately connected to Israel as the Russian-speaking Diaspora. That's because there is not a single Russian-speaking Jew in the world who doesn't have close relatives or personal friends in Israel. So for them, these soldiers and officers are flesh and blood.