Is Russia About to Shut Down a Jewish Agency? Yair Lapid, Israel’s Interim Prime Minister, issued a major warning to Russia on July 24, 2022. Lapid stressed that if the Russian Ministry of Justice finalizes the shutdown of the Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel bilateral relations between Russia and Israel will be severely damaged. “Relations with Russia are important to Israel,” stated Lapid. He emphasized that “the Jewish community in Russia is large and important and comes up in every diplomatic discussion with the government in Moscow.” The Cradle reported that the Russian Ministry of Justice ordered...