Soviet Union
Soviet Dissident Natan Sharansky Named 2020 Genesis Prize Recipient
A child chess prodigy, he kept himself sane in solitary confinement by playing chess in his mind: “I played thousands of games, and I won them all.”
The Warrior Skeleton Claimed By Nazis — And Then By Soviets
The skeleton of the unknown warrior lay beneath the courtyard of a ninth-century Czech castle, one hand on the pommel of an iron sword.
How Paul Robeson Learned Yiddish And Battled Fascism
Paul Robeson spoke Yiddish and sang beautifully in the language. His role in Yiddish literary history is, however, decidedly tragic.
We Soviet Jews Lived Through State-Sponsored Anti-Zionism. We Know How It Is Weaponized.
American Jews should beware of the left’s growing anti-Zionism. It gives me flashbacks to the horrors I experienced as a Jew in the USSR.
The USSR Turned Against The Jews. But First, It Was A Yiddish Intellectual Haven.
Only naive observers believed that in the 1920s writers like Dovid Bergelson and Moyshe Kulbak returned to the USSR solely for ideological reasons.
Boris Fishman Celebrates Soviet Food In ‘A Savage Feast’
In Russia, food was actually a lot better. Peasant food is better for you.
Footage Of Shirtless Bernie Sanders Drunkenly Singing With Soviets In ‘88 Surfaces
Grainy footage of a shirtless, hammered Bernie Sanders singing ‘This Land Is Your Land’ is making the rounds on Twitter.
After WWII, Her Stories Gave New Life To A Shattered Jewish World
Yenta Mash’s writing poignantly reflects the lives of Jews forced to move to Siberia during World War II.
Former Soviet Refugee Sues Manhattan Day Care For Removing Son’s Star Of David
He said the request gave him flashbacks to the religious persecution he experienced in Moscow in the former Soviet Union.
Why More Women Run Jewish Groups In The Former Soviet Union
In Europe today, the only national Jewish communities with female presidents – there are three among more than 20 – are from FSU countries.