Former Soviet Union
Israel needs to stop losing its people and start giving them reasons to stay - opinion
The exodus includes people who came as immigrants with hopes and dreams of contributing to Israeli society. Those hopes were dashed, and they went back to the countries from which they came.
Lithuania's Jewish partisan bunkers caught between Holocaust memory and military expansion
Putin embraces the dark corners of Russia’s history – opinion
On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard
Ukraine gets rid of Soviet symbols on Motherland monument in Kyiv
The move has its roots in a movement to “decommunize” - or shed memories of the former Soviet Union - which Ukraine has stepped up since Russia's all-out invasion last year.
Israel must immediately bring more olim from the former Soviet Union - opinion
The system of making Aliyah must be immediately changed, adapted, and streamlined, as it was in the 1980s.
British World War II planes discovered in Ukraine
In total, 3000 models of the plane had been sent to help the USSR fight off the Nazis from 1941 until 1944.
On this day 60 years ago: Russian astronaut becomes first woman in space
The goal of Tereshkova's mission was to compare the impact of outer space between male and female bodies.
Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for Russia, found dead in prison
Hanssen, 79, was sentenced in 2002 to life in prison after pleading guilty to spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for over 20 years.
American Jews need a Soviet-style activist defense org. - opinion
In using public protests and street demonstrations to attract notice, Soviet Jewish activists changed Jewish history.
Former Soviet Union nations have no legal status - Chinese ambassador
A French official said on Monday that Shaye will receive a "very firm" update at the French Foreign Ministry on Monday.
Paris, Kyiv, Baltic states dismayed after China envoy questions Ukraine sovereignty
The three Baltic states and Ukraine, all formerly part of the Soviet Union, reacted along the same lines as France.
551 Holocaust survivors made aliyah in 2022; 52,513 made aliyah in total
The high number of Holocaust survivors who made aliyah to Israel in 2022 is mainly due to the war in Ukraine.
SSY: Helping Russian-speaking olim integrate into Israel
For the past 12 years, SSY has been creating welcoming educational and empowering communities throughout Israel that remind young Russian-speaking olim of the reasons why they made aliyah.
