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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.

The author's family poses for a portrait in Bayramaly, Turkmenistan, then part of the Soviet Union, in 1983. From left to right, her paternal grandmother, Rachel; her mother’s sister, Fatima, with Radmilla on her lap; her mother, Lyudmila; and her father, Ribi Amnun,
 El Al Flight 402 - The Lockheed Constellation registered as 4X-AKC, pictured here in 1950.

On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard

 FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2022.

Protests shake Iran: The US must choose its next move wisely - opinion

SOVIET WRITER-JOURNALIST Ilya Ehrenburg with Soviet soldiers, 1942. His daughter found a copy of the manuscript or ‘black book’ in her father’s archive in 1967. ‘The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry’ was published in Kiev in 1991.

Roots of the Holocaust: Fascist barbarism and vicious 1920s anti-Bolshevik propaganda - book review


Brandeis acquires archives of Jewish group that supported Soviet Jews

Many of the university's programs address gender equality, health and domestic violence.

THE ISRAELI public demands the release of Soviet Jews

Passion and Judaism on parade in St. Petersburg

The Iron Curtain has long parted as hundreds of involved Jews descend on Russia’s cultural capital for the Limmud FSU festival.

A joyous havdala with Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chesler (left) taking part

Shedding light on the ‘silenced’ Holocaust

These interactions give the participants the impression of belonging to the greater Israeli society and culture, making successful absorption in Israel easier.

(LEFT TO right) Genesis Philanthropy Group Vice President for Community Relations, Dorit Golender; former defense minister Avigdor Liberman; former immigrant absorption Minister Sofa Landver; Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein; Knesset director general Albert Sakharovich; and MK Tali Ploskov (far right)