Soviet Union
Boris Volynov was the first Jew in space. Antisemitism nearly prevented him from going.
The Soviet cosmonaut was in the same class as Yuri Gargarin.
‘Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jews,’ 33 years later
A refusenik details her journey out of the USSR.
The ideological journey of the Forverts in the first half of the 20th century
In his new book, Gennady Estraikh writes that the Forverts was once heavily influenced by the Russian Jewish intelligentsia.
Listen: How Gen Z and Millennial Jews are talking to their parents and children about George Floyd
“She was more concerned about the looting and the vandalism. Now, she gets it.”
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.