‘Am Yisrael Chai’ has become an anthem for the Jewish people — but where did it come from?
Contrary to popular belief, the stirring song does not date back centuries
Contrary to popular belief, the stirring song does not date back centuries
University statement sought by sister of Elizabeth Tsurkov affirms that she was doing work approved for her Ph.D. when she was abducted in March
In their first interview, Ella Milman and Mikhail Gershkovich say their son's imprisonment is ‘totally crushing’
Sharansky and Griner speak out; photos of Seder plates set for Evan Gershkovich abound, echoing the movement to free Soviet Jews
Gorbachev allowed Soviet Jews to study Hebrew, go to synagogue and be openly Jewish for the first time in decades
Despite perestroika and glasnost, the former Soviet president had a mixed record concerning the Jewish people
Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, who died on Sunday at 98, had a complex record on Israel but a much more clear-cut one on Soviet Jews, whose cause he championed as a senator and Senate leader. “The freedom of enslaved people is America’s business, and freedom is a task we must apply,” Dole, a Republican…
In the dark days of the Cold War, photographer Bill Aron, the son of a Russian émigré to Philadelphia, traveled to the Soviet Union. In Moscow, Leningrad, and Minsk, he took portraits of refuseniks— Soviet Jews who were demanding their freedom— as well as photographs of the Jewish synagogues and those worshipping there. Starting Nov….
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