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Former Prisoners of Zion, aliyah activists, discuss plans for new Soviet Jewry heritage center

Heritage Ministry Director-General Itay Grank presented the ministry’s vision for the center, which would introduce younger generations to the history of Soviet Jewry.

Alex Silnitsky addresses a gathering of former Prisoners of Zion and aliyah activists at the Heritage Ministry in Jerusalem on October 5.
 RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS attend an event in 2015 in Jerusalem marking the 25th anniversary of the great Russian aliyah from the former Soviet Union to Israel.

Israel’s democracy needs a place where local disagreements can be resolved - opinion

Students participate in the hackathon at WIZO Nachlat Yehuda.

WIZO Rishon Lezion youth village teens create fact-checking bot

Ehud Barak, a former prime minister of Israel, announces the establishment of a new political party that he will lead, in Tel Aviv, June 26, 2019.

Former Moscow rabbi says he rebuffed proposal to convert Russians discussed in Epstein recording


If you seek his monument, look around – in memory of Ilia Salita

Mourning the loss of Ilia Salita, who helped strengthen the Jewish identity of Russian-speaking Jews.

Ilia Salita

Russian Jewish Congress honors 250 Righteous Among the Nations

The exhibit's interactive display is a a multi-media installation that allows visitors to witness a a virtual conversation between the rescuer and those in need of rescue.

Wall of Righteous Gentiles at Yad Vashem.

Grapevine: Annexation – a controversial subject

Russia has joined other nations in declaring annexation 'dangerous'.

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR Anatoly Viktorov with Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi

Amid the pandemic Russian Jews stay cautious, receive Shavuot packages

Since the fall of the Soviet regime, Jewish life in Russia has experienced an incredible revival.

Shabbat packages preparation and distribution at the Jewish community of Irkutsk in Siberia, Russia, May 2020.

Court rules against Liberman, in favor of Jewishness DNA testing

In the majority decision, penned by Justice Neal Hendel, it was determined that the petition didn't present sufficient evidence proving that the rabbinate's actions were discriminatory.

Israeli High Court hearing on whether Netanyahu can form next government despite indictment he faces. (December 31, 2019)

Do we need to talk about the Law of Return? - Analysis

The Law of Return was designed to provide a refuge for Jews, those who identify as Jewish, as well as anyone who is identified by the oppressors of Jews as Jewish

Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at the Western Wall; Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman on November 20, 2019

Novy God is no longer a holiday for the few

Novy God was an integral part of my Jewish childhood.

WELCOMING THE new year.

Rabbi Steinsaltz honored for first yeshiva in Soviet Russia on 30th anniversary

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

Passion and Judaism on parade in St. Petersburg

The Iron Curtain has long parted as hundreds of involved Jews descend on Russia’s cultural capital for the Limmud FSU festival.

A joyous havdala with Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chesler (left) taking part

The Russian-speaking Jews who shaped Israel

A new website, “Seventy Russian-Speaking Jews Who Shaped Israel,” has been launched by The Jerusalem Post with GPG’s support.

PROMINENT RUSSIAN Jews past and present who have helped shape Israel: Ze’ev Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism; Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein; Kira Radinsky, chief scientist and director of data science at eBay Israel; and singer-songrwriter and actress Marina Maximilian Blumin