Moscow Seeks To Shut Down Jewish Agency Operations in Russia: Court Russia’s Justice Ministry is seeking to shut down operations in Russia of the Jewish Agency for Israel, the quasi-governmental body that processes the immigration of Jews to Israel, a Moscow court said on Thursday. Early reports claimed Moscow had already ordered the Jewish Agency to stop its operations in Russia, but the Jewish Agency said these reports were erroneous. The Justice Ministry filed a request to liquidate the agency on July 15; it will be discussed at a preliminary hearing on July 28. The move against the agency follows...