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


Sharansky: It's a pity the Jewish Agency can't pick a chairperson

Natan Sharansky says that the Israeli politicians have been abusing the role of chairman of the Jewish Agency and treating it only as an opportunity to offer a job to fellow politicians

 NATAN SHARANSKY in 2011.

Sharansky urges Oberlin College to fire alleged Iran ‘war criminal’

"Mahallati was aware that the Iranian regime was massacring thousands of innocent political prisoners and covered up the facts of the massacre."

Mohammad Jafar Mahallati at TEDxTehran.

What was the Soviet Jewish exodus like? One woman's story told in new book

The stories of the American and Israeli efforts to break the hold on Soviet Jewry are told in a new book.

 Natan Sharansky addresses the book launch of ‘Hidden Heroes’ in Jerusalem on August 31 as author Pamela Braun Cohen looks on.

One woman’s story of resistance and rescue in the Soviet Union - book review

Hidden Heroes: One Woman’s Story of Resistance and Rescue in The Soviet Union by Pamela Braun Cohen is the story of extraordinary people in America and USSR who refused to be seperated.

Pamela Braun Cohen at her book launch in Jerusalem

Should Bennett reverse Netanyahu's 'Kotel deal'? - editorial

The government under prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu adopted the so-called “Kotel compromise” formulated by then-Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky in early 2016.

A FLAG at the Western Wall is lowered to half-mast as a mark of mourning for the Mount Meron victims, earlier this week.

We must absolutely reject antisemitism in all its ugly forms

All three manifestations of antisemitic hate are on full display today as violence against Jews erupts on America’s streets and throughout the world.

‘WHAT ARE the effects, in Israel, in the US, and the rest of the world, of the perceived opinions of American Jewry?’

Isi Leibler reflects on a lifetime of leadership

“In my twilight years, I look back and say I’ve been privileged to live through one of the most tumultuous and rewarding periods in Jewish history."

Isi Leibler.

National Library highlights prominent figures' Passover experiences

Among some of the personalities is Natan Sharansky, who recalled his first Passover seder in the Soviet Union under KGB surveillance.

The reading room of the National Library of Israel, in Jerusalem

Grapevine February 12, 2021: The walk to freedom

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

YEHUDAH GLICK

Sharanksy calls out 'progressive' antisemitism panel for anti-Zionism

"It is so harmful to feel that our identity is being challenged, that we must choose between our progressive values and the fight against anti-Semitism," said Hen Mazzig.

Still from the 'Dismantling Antisemitism: Jews Talk Justice' panel, December 16, 2020.