Natan Sharansky

'When I grow up, I want to be like you': remembering Morris Kahn's most productive years - opinion

Founder of the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets on why your seventies and eighties – and even nineties – can be your most impactful years.

FOUNDER OF the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Morris Kahn in 2019.
Hanukkiot are on sale at the Mahaneh Yehuda market in Jerusalem. This Sunday, let’s ignite meaningful discussion as Jews start lighting Hanukkah candles, the writer suggests.

As Hanukkah approaches, a closer look at what keeps Jews strong – opinion

Natan Sharansky attends a meeting of the Knesset plenum in 2000. Imagine if Sharansky was not just a name in textbooks but again a living presence in our parliament, says the writer.

Israel needs moral giants, not more politicians - opinion

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is joined by his wife, Sara, in celebrating the election victory in 1996. He became the first Israeli prime minister elected directly by popular vote, its youngest, and the first born after Israel’s independence.

It is time for Bibi to pass the torch - opinion


Grapevine: Jerusalem, his chief joy

Jerusalem, to Sharansky, is the heartbeat of the Jewish people both in Israel and in the Diaspora.

Isaac Herzog shares a laugh with Natan Sharansky following Herzog’s election as chairman of the Jewish Agency at the Board of Governors meeting in Jerusalem on June 24, 2018

Know Comment: Halt the delegitimization of Netanyahu

Reasonable disagreements are degenerating into demonization and double standards applied to the PM.

THE FALSE narratives about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also make the establishment of a unity government with the Center-Left impossible

Jewish Agency leaders meet in Cyprus to strengthen diaspora communities

The project of collaboration between the Jewish communities and other diaspora communities was launched in 2017 by The Jewish Agency’s previous Chairman of the Executive, Natan Sharansky.

Chairman of the Jewish Agency Isaac Herzog, Greek Dep. Minister of Foreign Affairs Terens Quick, Presidential Commissioner for Cypriot Diaspora Photis Photiou, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2018.

Grapevine: A successful revolution

Though a sincere friend of the Jewish people, Balfour is far from happy with some of Israel’s policies, and had intended to mention this in his speech, but a friend counseled him against it.

FROM LEFT: Baron David de Rothschild, Lord Jacob Rothschild, Ronald S. Lauder and Robert Kraft.

Sharansky tells 'Post' about national, religious values in Western world

Natan Sharansky discusses the resurgence of national identity around the globe, Europe’s populist parties, Israel and the Diaspora, Donald Trump and the Pittsburgh synagogue attack

Natan Sharansky

Aliyah numbers fall in 2018, despite increase from Russia and UK

The 1 percent overall drop owed to a decrease in immigration from countries with major Jewish populations, notably France and the United States.

Daughter of US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman makes aliya

In shadow of Hayun questioning, Rivlin holds Tisha Be’av study session

Each of the scholars chose a different subject related in one way or another to Tisha Be’av.

Reuven Rivlin

Rabbi Dubi Hayun didn’t mean to steal the show

Conservative Rabbi Dubi Hayun, who was questioned about performing a wedding without having registered it with the Chief Rabbinate's office, attended the fourth annual pre-Tisha Be’Av study session.

President Reuven Rivlin visits Herzog College for 929 study program

Natan Sharansky asks MKs to listen to Diaspora Jews

Sharansky is concerned over recent changes in a law bill that "drove a wedge among the sectors of the nation in Israel and the Diaspora."

Natan Sharansky

Visit by Ginsburg sparks new energy to close country’s gender gap

“Justice Ginsburg’s visit reminded us just how important it is to emphasize women’s rights and equality as we deal with the other pressing challenges faced by the Israeli society.”

 Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks as she receives The Genesis Prize's Lifetime Achievement award