Refusenik

Margaret Thatcher biography: All about the UK prime minister in one centenary volume - book review

There is no doubt that Thatcher admired Jews for their community spirit, entrepreneurial skills, scholarly prowess, and general contribution to British society.

 Gerald Ford welcomes Great Britain’s Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher at the Oval Office in 1975.
 Sasha Zlovin, the 10,00th Ukrainian refugee to arrive in Israel since the Russia-Ukraine war began

Israel welcomes its 10,000th Russia-Ukraine War refugee

 Ida Nudel is greeted upon her arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport by Natan Sharansky, flanked by Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, on October 15, 1987.

Soviet Jewry's 'Refusenik' woman, Ida Nudel

 David and Anna Schwartzman with the writer in Moscow, 1987

A friendship through Russia and America to Jerusalem


Refuseniks of the past teach us to hold onto hope, persevere - opinion

At a time when COVID creates social barriers and continues to devastate society, it would be understandable to look over our shoulders with concern and trepidation.

A protest by The 35's on behalf of Prisoners of Zion held in the USSR, Montreal, 1976. Photo by Bill Brennan, the Wendy Eisen Collection: The Canadian 35's, the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

A Refusenik’s Tale: Join JNF-USA for a story of strength and survival

The live broadcast is part of the Jewish National Fund-USA’s effort to engage communities throughout the US.

Marina Furman

The housewives who took on the USSR to help Soviet Jewry

How a women's protest group made a difference by raising the cause of Soviet Jewish political prisoners during the Cold War.

A protest by The 35's on behalf of Prisoners of Zion held in the USSR, Montreal, 1976. Photo by Bill Brennan, the Wendy Eisen Collection: The Canadian 35's, the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

Capturing a historic journey

The documentary film 'From Slavery to Freedom' reveals the many obstacles Natan Sharanksy and other notable refuseniks overcame in order to escape the clutches of the Soviet Union.

Natan Sharanksy, outgoing Jewish Agency chairman, sits alongside businessman Aaron Frenkel at the Knesset special screening of the film 'From Slavery to Freedom.'

Of Leningrad and St. Petersberg; refuseniks and ISIS

While the country has changed much in the last 40 years, St. Petersburg has remained eerily the same.

Men lay flowers at a cemetery to commemorate victims of the St. Petersberg metro blast