Former Soviet Union

Former Prisoners of Zion, aliyah activists, discuss plans for new Soviet Jewry heritage center

Heritage Ministry Director-General Itay Grank presented the ministry’s vision for the center, which would introduce younger generations to the history of Soviet Jewry.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Alex Silnitsky addresses a gathering of former Prisoners of Zion and aliyah activists at the Heritage Ministry in Jerusalem on October 5.
Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

Israel picks between 'secular democracy or theocracy' in election, chess master Garry Kasparov says

"Just as Abraham Lincoln observed that the government could not persist 'half slave and half free,' Israel cannot go on half theocratic and half secular," Kasparov, whose father was Jewish, said.

|ByESTHER DAVIS
FROM LEFT: Vojtech Vodochodský, Stanislav Majer, and Tatiana Pauhofová in ‘Waves.’

‘Waves’ captures thrill and tragedy of resistance at Prague radio station in ’68 - review

Much of Waves is about the exhilaration of resisting, and how exciting it can be to give people the knowledge they need, which is being kept from them, to make their own decisions.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy takes part in a commemoration ceremony for the victims of Babyn Yar (Babiy Yar), one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv Ukraine September 29, 2022.

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.

|ByREVITAL YAKIN KRAKOVSKY

Aliyah committee will be ‘home’ for non-Orthodox Jewish denominations, Kariv says - interview

The committee would also examine the issue of people emigrating away from Israel, which Kariv claimed the government was not concerned about.

FEBRUARY 19, 2025ByELIAV BREUER
MK Gilad Kariv attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on October 15, 2024.

From Sinai to daily life: How small actions create lasting holiness - opinion

BEYOND THE HEADLINES: How parashat Mishpatim and mothers of hostages highlight the power of small actions in creating lasting impact

FEBRUARY 17, 2025BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
Lena Troufanov (R) and Rabbanit Bazak (L)

Putin says ignoring Soviet role in liberation of Nazi death camps is shameful

As Soviet forces pushed back Nazi troops in Europe in 1944 and 1945, they liberated a number of death camps, including Majdanek, Auschwitz, Stutthof, Sachsenhausen, and Ravensbrück.

FEBRUARY 2, 2025ByREUTERS
THE FRONT GATE of Auschwitz carries the infamous phrase: ‘Arbeit macht frei.’ The writer states: ‘Perhaps we as Jews are less alone in our grief than we may fear.’

A direct glance from painter Asya Lukin within the Israeli art scene

Her work has just reemerged for broad attention in a current exhibition at Rothschild Fine Art Gallery in Tel Aviv.

DECEMBER 29, 2024ByILYA GEFTER
A PAINTING by Asya Lukin from an exhibition based around a single theme: hospital life.

Following Kuznetsov's example: Resist those trying to strip Jewish ties to Israel - editorial

The courage of those young Soviet Jews who risked everything for their identity is a powerful example for Diaspora Jews today.

DECEMBER 26, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Man carrying a Soviet Union flag.

Love, faith, and unity amidst war: A rabbi’s unexpected wedding tale – opinion

A rushed wedding, strangers uniting, and a rabbi's journey reveal the power of faith and resilience across divides.

NOVEMBER 25, 2024ByHAYIM LEITER
The writer conducts a wedding ceremony.

New theatre production ‘Collective Phenomena’ reveals story of defiant Soviet-Jewish scientists

The director of Collective Phenomena, Semion Aleksandrovskiy, shared a little of this complex history via his own family story.

NOVEMBER 10, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
‘COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA’ director Semion Aleksandrovskiy.

'Not just a physical space': Activity center for new immigrants from FSU opens in Tel Aviv

Over Sukkot, over 150 young Russian-speaking immigrants gathered to celebrate the opening of the center, SSY stated. 

OCTOBER 28, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New immigrants, many from the Former Soviet Union, gather to celebrate Sukkot and the opening of "the Dacha" activity center in Tel Aviv.

Jewish Agency and Azerbaijani rabbis condemn division amid Iranian spy ring allegations

The Jewish Agency and Azerbaijani rabbis call for unity in Israeli society after seven were arrested in connection to an Iranian-backed spy ring in east Jerusalem.

OCTOBER 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view picture shows the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan June 19, 2017.

Israel’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis: A troubling legacy - opinion

As the anniversary of Azerbaijan's attack on Nagorno-Karabakh approaches, the role of Israeli arms in the conflict raises critical questions.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024BySHMUEL LEDERMAN
AFTER A SWIFT operation by Azerbaijan’s military to retake control of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, ethnic Armenians flee for the Armenian border last September.