Former Soviet Union
Lithuania's Jewish partisan bunkers caught between Holocaust memory and military expansion
Lithuania was for centuries a center of rich Jewish thought, religious life and secular culture; Vilna, as the capital was known in Yiddish, was nicknamed the “Jerusalem of the North.”
Putin embraces the dark corners of Russia’s history – opinion
On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard
'Stalin’s Apostles': The Cambridge Five and the lost world of Jewish Communism - review
Israeli aliyah panel head slams minister's push to favor US, French olim
Yisrael Beytenu MK Oded Forer on prioritizing immigrants to Israel from France and the US: "Such discrimination by origin has never been done."
Israel wants more Western immigrants - aliyah minister
IMMIGRATION AFFAIRS: Israeli Aliyah Minister Ofir Sofer plans to put an emphasis on immigrants from the US and France.
Israel's Law of Return won't change overnight, Diaspora minister stresses
Chikli stressed that the Grandchild Clause is not about to be canceled, rather a committee would be set up to deal with the topic.
What the history of the Jews of the USSR teaches us
The history of the Jews of the USSR is a universal lesson that in a country where the law is distorted, a citizen has nothing to protect himself from the state.
'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
Ukraine's economy falls 30.4% in 2022 because of war - minister
The economy ministry said Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure continued to put pressure on business activity and sentiment.
Jewish Agency, North America federation raise $3 million for Masa Israel
This donation comes at a turbulent time for Jews in former Soviet Union countries, resulting in many of them looking to spend time in Israel.
Israel receives 70,000 new immigrants in 2022, highest rate in decades
An analysis of Aliyah trends in 2022 reveals that most olim this year came from Russia and Ukraine.
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.
'Russian speaking Israelis are a lot more embracive of their heritage because of the war'
