USSR

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Rabbi Jonathan Porath didn’t make countless trips to Russia. He counted them – 175 trips from 1965 through 2019. The following is an excerpt from his book centered primarily on Simhat Torah.

Only after the Six Day War in 1967 did I become a proud Zionist. And through Zionism, I discovered the power of Jewish history, culture and tradition, and later in prison, religion. 

This excellent book goes a long way toward understanding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s worldview and goes goes a long way toward helping the reader understand the Moscow regime.

In A Visit to Moscow, Yevgenia Nayberg’s drawings create a striking backdrop to Olswanger’s text. Her palette changes according to the story, adding to the effect of the words.

Yury Pavlovich Fedorov spent nearly two decades in Soviet labor camps, for defending the right of Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel – except he wasn’t even Jewish.

Perhaps the solution to peace, or at least a key part of it, means finally publicly accepting the reality of how the war against Germany was won.

Russia is estimated to have around 6,000 nuclear weapons in its possession, and Putin is threatening to use them. But what exactly are these weapons, and what can all of them do?

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the US and partnerships with the West to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War II.