Soviet Jewry

New immigrant pharmacists face discrimination, lack of gov't support despite professional shortage

Mazarsky's comments follow the state's reluctance to accept over 170 qualified pharmacists who are intending to make aliyah in the coming year and have opened files with the Jewish Agency.

 Illustration photo of Super Pharm drug store and pharmacy at the Hadar mall in Jerusalem, on April 30, 2018.
 Natan Sharansky.

'To succeed as a Jew is to survive,' Natan Sharansky tells 'Post' - interview

IN THE Stalin era’s early days, the Kremlin established a new administrative territory in the Soviet Far East – the Jewish Autonomous Region. The region’s capital was the city of Birobidzhan. This 274-photograph album includes images from the city’s early years, from the late 1920s.

'World Enemy No. 1': Hitler, Stalin, and the crime of being Jewish - review

Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.

Dnipro chief rabbi: Joy in being Jewish restored post-Soviet Dnipro Jewry


Herzog: Israel must do more for immigrants from the Former Soviet Union

The event, a salute to FJC’s network of schools, synagogues, and youth programs across the former Soviet space, featured personal testimony illustrating the stakes for families uprooted by conflict.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog at an event hosted by the Federation of Jewish Communities (FJC) of the Former Soviet Union in Jerusalem, November 8, 2025.

Repatriation (Aliyah): From Soviet Underground to a Conflict-Free Double Loyalty

On Aliyah Day, Israel remembers the men and women who paved the way for national revival

Dr Haim Ben Yaakov

Yom Kippur War: How the Book of Isaiah spurred world Jewry to back Israel, refusniks in 1973

The haftarah for Yom Kippur begins with these action-filled words of Isaiah. We must act – we must cut the road through – it is up to us to clear the way for ami – My people – God’s people.

NEW YORK’S Jewish community marches beneath the banner ‘We shall not be silent’ during the Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry demonstration in protest at the Soviet Union’s treatment of Jewish people, in New York City, in 1975.

25 ViZionaries: Ilan Sinelnikov - No. 25

Founded a grassroots movement to provide a confident pro-Israel voice on college campuses  

Ilan Sinelnikov

Her Jewish grandfather’s shame inspired a prize-winning novel

Sasha Vasilyuk's debut novel, “Your Presence Is Mandatory,” won the $100,000 prize for a story inspired by her father’s father, a Jewish soldier in the Red Army.

Sasha Vasilyuk’s novel, "Your Presence Is Mandatory," was inspired by the story of her grand­fa­ther, right, a Sovi­et World War II sol­dier who nev­er talked about the war.

From Tehran to Moscow: How antisemitic regimes weaponize anti-Zionist Jews - opinion

Their goal is to sever identity from peoplehood and peoplehood from sovereignty. Iranian Jews today are walking a tightrope similar to the one Soviet refuseniks walked decades ago.

 IRANIAN JEWS prepare for prayer at the Abrishami Synagogue in Tehran, 2015.

Jewish religious leaders' unsettling words disregard Israel's foundational narratives - opinion

We must be exceptionally delicate in our speech, careful to uphold moral integrity, and even more so, to avoid clouding or distorting our historical narratives.

 Jewish yeshiva students study at the Atert Shlomo Yeshiva, in Rishon Lezion, June 11, 2025

Life lessons: My Passover in Soviet unfreedom - opinion

The history of Soviet Jewish refuseniks demonstrates Jewish resilience throughout the generations.

 Hazorfim - Passover plate, the Linia collection, NIS 574

Khrushchev and the Jews: The attitude of Stalin's successor to Soviet Jewry

Between Stalin’s shadow and the Cold War, the Soviet leader both perpetuated and decried Soviet antisemitism.

 NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV during a meeting with Kiev residents, after the liberation of the city from the Nazi occupation, Nov. 30, 1943.

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

 Lena Troufanov (R) and Rabbanit Bazak (L)