Soviet Jewry

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.

Alex Silnitsky addresses a gathering of former Prisoners of Zion and aliyah activists at the Heritage Ministry in Jerusalem on October 5.
 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

FIVE JEWISH couples get married in Brazil on Lag Ba'omer.

Five Jewish couples marry in Brazil in front of 900 young Jews from former Soviet Union

 An illustrative image of an Iranian agent in the backdrop of an Iranian flag.

Iran’s 400% espionage surge in Israel: Rising threats and societal vulnerabilities - opinion


Should Israel’s Law of Return be changed or not?

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.

 MK Oded Forer

Former Supreme Court Justice: “The Law of Return expresses Israel as a Jewish and democratic state”

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post

 Aharon Barak

Lauder: '30 years ago people told me Jewish life in the FSU was dead, they were wrong'

 Ronald Lauder

'Together we shape the future of the Jewish people in the Euro-Asian region'

 Dr. Mikhail Mirilashvili

'Russian speaking Israelis are a lot more embracive of their heritage because of the war'

 Prof. Zeev Khanin

How Euro-Asian Jewish Congress gave a voice to the Soviet Jewry

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.


Sharansky: We have an opportunity for hundreds of thousands of olim from Russia

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.


Israel’s ambassador to Ukraine expects another wave of aliyah in the winter

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.


How does the global Jewish community see the future of post-Soviet Jewry?

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.


Shai: “I'm concerned about the divide between world Jewry and Israel”

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.