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.
Five Jewish couples marry in Brazil in front of 900 young Jews from former Soviet Union
Iran’s 400% espionage surge in Israel: Rising threats and societal vulnerabilities - opinion
New immigrant pharmacists face discrimination, lack of gov't support despite professional shortage
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."
Tribute to Judith and Eliott Cohen, pillars of Atlanta's Jewish community
There are many people like the Cohens who made a huge commitment to the grassroots struggle for Soviet Jews and should be remembered.
Isi Leibler: Unsung hero of the Jewish people's finest hour
MIDDLE ISRAEL: Playing first violin in the struggle for Soviet Jewry.
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Israel to commemorate victims of Nazi genocide
Yad Vashem has designated the theme of this year’s events to be the commemoration of the onset of the mass murder of European Jewry by the Nazi regime after its invasion of the Soviet Union.
Yad Vashem opens exhibition 80 years since Operation Barbarossa
A new online exhibition tells unpublished accounts of Jewish families caught up in the horror of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union and the onset of the Holocaust.
