Soviet Jewry

85 years later: Babyn Yar and the fight against deliberate erasure - opinion

On September 29 and 30, 1941, German forces, aided by local collaborators, murdered 33,771 Jews at Babyn Yar. In just two days, the lives of children, parents, and grandparents were cut short.

 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy takes part in a commemoration ceremony for the victims of Babyn Yar (Babiy Yar), one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv Ukraine September 29, 2022.
FIVE JEWISH couples get married in Brazil on Lag Ba'omer.

Five Jewish couples marry in Brazil in front of 900 young Jews from former Soviet Union

 An illustrative image of an Iranian agent in the backdrop of an Iranian flag.

Iran’s 400% espionage surge in Israel: Rising threats and societal vulnerabilities - opinion

 Illustration photo of Super Pharm drug store and pharmacy at the Hadar mall in Jerusalem, on April 30, 2018.

New immigrant pharmacists face discrimination, lack of gov't support despite professional shortage


Israel Independence Day: Celebrating 75 years with Natan Sharansky

Sharansky’s personal journey reflects that of the Jewish people, and the centrality of Israel in his life and Jewish identity mirrors the experiences of so many Jews around the world.

 NATAN SHARANSKY on the Haas Promenade in Jerusalem.

Passover: Former Soviet Union Jews finding freedom in Israel

Do Jews who come to Israel find inner freedom or do they become hostages of the situation? I spoke with Jews from the post-Soviet Union who have recently made aliyah.

 A woman points to her relatives’ names on the memorial wall at Yad Vashem on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

US Jews don't recognize the impact of Russian immigrants on Israel

The stories of these human rights legends, who have profoundly influenced Israeli society, politics, and American Jewry, are underestimated.

 Google co-founder Sergey Brin at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos in 2017.

Purim 1953 in the USSR: When Joseph Stalin had his fatal stroke

Joseph Stalin had a stroke and collapsed in his dacha on Purim, March 1, 1953, possibly assisted by someone in his inner circle. He died four days later.

 A photograph of Stalin taken in 1937.

Talking violence in Huwara and Ukraine

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and guest co-host Tamar Uriel-Beeri.

 An aerial view shows a building and cars burnt in an attack by Israeli settlers, following an incident where a Palestinian gunman killed two Israeli settlers, near Hawara in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 27, 2023

New Israeli exhibit gives Soviet artist Anatoly Kaplan overdue salute

The Enchanted Artist is one of the most expansive and adventurous art exhibitions that Beit Avi Chai has ever produced.

 THE DICHOTOMIC nature of Kaplan’s life in the USSR comes across in ‘Interior.’

'Here We Are All Jews': Jewish champions behind the Iron Curtain - review

In his new book, JonathanPorath recounts his most extraordinary experiences on his 175 trips to the USSR in the period between 1965 and 2019

 Jonathan Porath presents his book to President Isaac Herzog.

Fingerhut: “The humanitarian needs in Ukraine are now getting worse as the winter sets in”

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.

 Eric Fingerhut

“The right of return for diaspora Jews existed before the establishment of the state”

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.

 Prof. Asher Maoz

Should Israel’s Law of Return be changed or not?

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.

 MK Oded Forer