Two stories from this week illustrate problems that Jewish students face in Russia. One the one hand, central and locals authorities are increasingly pushing Russian Orthodox theology in the public schools, though, as usual in Russia, the extent to which this is happening varies from region to region. In addition, a study published last week argued that many Russian textbooks are antisemitic, ignoring or minimizing the history of the Holocaust, during which millions of Soviet Jews died.

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