Refusenik

Israel welcomes its 10,000th Russia-Ukraine War refugee

The employees of the ministry's Ben Gurion Airport branch welcomed the 10,000th immigrant, who arrived on an organized flight from Chisinau with 90 other Olim.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
Sasha Zlovin, the 10,00th Ukrainian refugee to arrive in Israel since the Russia-Ukraine war began
Ida Nudel is greeted upon her arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport by Natan Sharansky, flanked by Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, on October 15, 1987.

Soviet Jewry's 'Refusenik' woman, Ida Nudel

The author recounts her experiences with Ida Nudel, the famed heroine of the struggle for the release of Soviet Jewry to emigrate to Israel.

|ByJANE BIRAN
David and Anna Schwartzman with the writer in Moscow, 1987

A friendship through Russia and America to Jerusalem

David immigrated to Israel as a child from Moscow, but his parents fought their way here as refuseniks in the USSR. The circumcision of their grandson took place in Jerusalem.

|ByJONATHAN FELDSTEIN
A protest by The 35's on behalf of Prisoners of Zion held in the USSR, Montreal, 1976. Photo by Bill Brennan, the Wendy Eisen Collection: The Canadian 35's, the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

Refuseniks of the past teach us to hold onto hope, persevere - opinion

At a time when COVID creates social barriers and continues to devastate society, it would be understandable to look over our shoulders with concern and trepidation.

|ByCHARLES SAVENOR

A Refusenik’s Tale: Join JNF-USA for a story of strength and survival

The live broadcast is part of the Jewish National Fund-USA’s effort to engage communities throughout the US.

MAY 11, 2020ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Marina Furman

The housewives who took on the USSR to help Soviet Jewry

How a women's protest group made a difference by raising the cause of Soviet Jewish political prisoners during the Cold War.

NOVEMBER 3, 2019BySHAI BEN-ARI/NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL
A protest by The 35's on behalf of Prisoners of Zion held in the USSR, Montreal, 1976. Photo by Bill Brennan, the Wendy Eisen Collection: The Canadian 35's, the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

Capturing a historic journey

The documentary film 'From Slavery to Freedom' reveals the many obstacles Natan Sharanksy and other notable refuseniks overcame in order to escape the clutches of the Soviet Union.

JUNE 26, 2018ByNOA AMOUYAL
Natan Sharanksy, outgoing Jewish Agency chairman, sits alongside businessman Aaron Frenkel at the Knesset special screening of the film 'From Slavery to Freedom.'

Of Leningrad and St. Petersberg; refuseniks and ISIS

While the country has changed much in the last 40 years, St. Petersburg has remained eerily the same.

JANUARY 2, 2018ByVIVIAN BERCOVICI
Men lay flowers at a cemetery to commemorate victims of the St. Petersberg metro blast