USSR
For some Jews, coming to America as a Jewish refugee still isn't enough to count - opinion
Long gone are the Soviet documents that classified my father’s nationality as “Jew.” In America, I found another kind of othering - this time within my own community.
On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard
Protests shake Iran: The US must choose its next move wisely - opinion
Roots of the Holocaust: Fascist barbarism and vicious 1920s anti-Bolshevik propaganda - book review
Will Putin make Russia great again?
MIDDLE ISRAEL: For Russian President Vladimir Putin, the USSR’s downfall 'was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.'
Svetlana Ladigin: An inspiring story of determination
Born in Ukraine, Svetlana made aliyah with her mother and maternal grandparents when she was three years old.
Putin laments Soviet collapse as demise of 'historical Russia'
Putin, who served in the Soviet-era KGB, has previously described the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was ruled from Moscow, as the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the 20th century.
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.
A friendship through Russia and America to Jerusalem
David immigrated to Israel as a child from Moscow, but his parents fought their way here as refuseniks in the USSR. The circumcision of their grandson took place in Jerusalem.
35 year anniversary of Chernobyl disaster, world's worst nuclear accident
In 2016, the UN General Assembly designated April 26 as International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, recalling the long-term consequences of the disaster that continue to this day.
70 Brooklyn yeshivas supported by laundered money - report
Since the early 2000s, two Miami businessmen have run a "commercial empire," as Radio Free Europe report puts it, answering to the Ukranian-Israeli billionaire oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyy.
Navalny protests hit Israeli streets as Tel Aviv calls for his release
Protesters gathered near the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv, carrying signs in Hebrew, English, and Russian reading "Free Navalny."
Israeli gov't looking to harness tech impact of Russian-speaking Jews
Limmud Labs is designed to find young people like Brin, and “empower them to be active in their local and greater Jewish communities,” Omer Yankelevich, Israel’s minister of Diaspora Affairs said
Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People
Natan Sharansky's memoir explores his struggles within the USSR, and during his Israeli political career.
