Soviet Jewry
Dnipro chief rabbi: Joy in being Jewish restored post-Soviet Dnipro Jewry
When Kaminetsky arrived in the Closed City in 1990, the years of pogroms, Nazi conquest, and Soviet oppression had reduced almost fifty synagogues to one small house of worship.
Herzog: Israel must do more for immigrants from the Former Soviet Union
Repatriation (Aliyah): From Soviet Underground to a Conflict-Free Double Loyalty
Yom Kippur War: How the Book of Isaiah spurred world Jewry to back Israel, refusniks in 1973
Meet the artists behind ‘Yoffi shel Israel’ postcard art
The postcard exhibition, a joint venture of the Yoffi company with ‘The Jerusalem Post,’ displays the work of 36 Soviet-born talented artists
One family's journey from Siberia to Israel and owning a business
Yoffi turns the essence of Israeli flavors – such as tehina, honey, dates, nuts, halva, herbal teas and olive oil – into exquisite gifts from the Holy Land.
Can the struggle for Soviet Jewry help navigate 21st century peoplehood?
Jews in Israel and the US appeared to find some form of unity in the struggle to free Soviet Jewry. This effort gave many Jews a sense of peoplehood.
One woman’s story of resistance and rescue in the Soviet Union - book review
Hidden Heroes: One Woman’s Story of Resistance and Rescue in The Soviet Union by Pamela Braun Cohen is the story of extraordinary people in America and USSR who refused to be seperated.
80th anniversary of JAC: ‘Dual loyalty’ and the persecution of Soviet Jews
JAC was a striking phenomenon of the Soviet era and became one of the most tragic pages in the history of the Soviet Jews.
On this day: 13 Jews killed by Stalin in Night of the Murdered Poets
The killing of Soviet Jewish poets was seen as a crackdown against the Jewish Anti-fascist Committee and part of Stalin's increasingly antisemitic policies before his death.
How freeing Soviet Jewry can teach us to combat rise in antisemitism
The symposium addressed how unifying Jewish communities and interfaith partnerships could be the key to resolving the current rise in hate crime against Jews.
June 1967, Moscow: A personal view of the Soldiers of Zion in Russia
As the Six-Day War played out in the Middle East, Soviet Jews looked on with their fate up in the air.
Conversion conundrum: The fight over symbolism, the neglect of the problem
Ever since some one million immigrants came to Israel from former Soviet countries, a battle has been waged over conversion.
Yitzhak Arad: Hero and historian
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. Yitzhak Arad, a man who’s legacy will forever stay with us."
