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In Kazakhstan, Jews span miles to create community
Jews within reasonable reach will come to the four functioning synagogues in Kazakhstan. On the eve of Purim earlier this year, for example, Karaganda sent a busload of some 40 Jews, most of them ...
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Kazakhstan’s Jews, who ‘steer clear’ of politics, are sitting out their country’s bloody unrest
(JTA) — The Jewish community of Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, has shut down its activities as most of its members hunker down in their homes amid a wave of bloody protests. Dozens of ...