The United States has encouraged Moscow and Jerusalem to resolve a dispute over an Israeli agency operating in Russia that encourages immigration into the Jewish state, which has threatened to escalate into a major diplomatic row. US State Department spokesman said on Thursday The Times of Israel That the US hopes that Israel and Russian officials will reach an agreement “to preserve the ability of Russian Jews to travel to Israel.” Last week, Russia’s Ministry of Justice filed a motion to shut down the country’s offices of the Jewish Israel Agency, a quasi-governmental group, alleging that the agency violated local...