Posts Tagged: Russian Jews
What Is the Future for Russian-Speaking Jews in America?
The Russian-speaking Jewish community (RSJ) has traveled a long road to America. From pogroms and World Wars to Soviet repression, our families fled in search of...
Somewhere in Between: A Look at the American Russian-Speaking Jewish Experience
On a gray weekday afternoon, on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk in Brooklyn, the rhythmic clatter of dominoes on plastic tables mingles with the scent of...
Reflections on the Jewish People Since Oct. 7: The Will to Never Give Up, and Protect Their Homeland
This year, the one year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas massacre fell on the Jewish High Holidays, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. What...
Russian Jews Are Still Coming to Israel
I was young when I first learned about the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. I knew that this number represented two thirds...
Russian Jews Head for Israel as Kremlin Targets Emigration Group
In the hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Ilya Fomintsev, a 43-year-old oncologist and director of a medical charity, took to the streets of...
Closure of Jewish Agency by Russia Would Strain Diplomatic Ties, Israel Says
The closure of the Jewish Agency’s operations in Russia would be a “serious event” straining diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Moscow, Israel’s Prime Minister Yair...
Israel Needs to Speak Out and Hold Putin Accountable for His Crimes and Lies
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that his “special military operation” aims to “de-Nazify” Ukraine, portraying his troops as freeing ethnic Russians from a fascistic regime...
Russian Jews Fleeing to Israel Speak of Political Repression, Fear of ‘Where This Situation Is Going’
Along with a growing Aliyah from Ukraine due to the ongoing war, Russian olim are also beginning to stream into Israel — fearing political developments...
30 Years After USSR Collapse, Soviet Jews Are Home in America
This year will mark 30 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, officially ripping apart the Iron Curtain, and providing the long sought-after freedom...
50th Anniversary of Leningrad Trial Sparks Memories and Education
JNS.org - On December 15, 1970, a small item appeared at the top of page three of The New York Times under the jarring headline,...
Study: Across Former Soviet Union, Jews in Small Towns Suffer More Than in Cities
JNS.org - Russian and Ukrainian Jews feel much safer in big cities, a new large poll finds. First results of the extended study “Jews of the...
Party for Young Russian-Speaking Jews Marks 18th Birthday of Taglit-Birthright
JNS.org - Taglit-Birthright Israel marked its 18th birthday on Aug. 21 with a series of events in Tel Aviv for 1,000 participants from the former Soviet...
Telling Our Children the Story of Russian Jewry
Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld of Ohev Shalom, the oldest Orthodox synagogue in Washington, DC, has written a touching and powerful new children’s book, An Extra Seat. This easy-to-read picture...
A Personal Take on Victory Day and Honoring Russian-Jewish WWII Veterans (VIDEO)
JNS.org - While Israel’s annual Holocaust commemoration day, Yom HaShoah, has now passed, another memorial day took place May 9. On what is known as "Victory Day," or simply as...
