Posts Tagged: Soviet Jewry
Remembering a Member of ‘Jewish Royalty’
In need of a break from the grim coronavirus news? Here’s what I did, and I recommend it: Get a copy of, and read, Touched...
Remembering My Grandfather Peter Kalms — Businessman, Philanthropist and Activist for Soviet Jewry
Last Tuesday morning, accompanied by an intimate group of family and close friends, my grandfather Peter Kalms was laid to rest on the Mount of...
Opting Out of Freedom
During the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany, a young woman found herself traveling on a packed tram. She was Jewish but living in hiding...
Soviet Jews Must Look Back to Our True Roots
A quarter century has passed since Soviet Jews got out of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, and the eleven other Soviet countries. As soon as the doors...
Why is Thomas Friedman Worrying About Antisemitism?
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who has repeatedly claimed that Israel controls Washington, is warning that if Israel's prime minister addresses Congress next...
New York Teens Teach a Lesson in Helping Terror Victims
They don't have plush offices or secretaries or gala dinners, but a group of 15 year-olds on Long Island are providing an inspiring model of...
The Jewish Exodus From France”Ž
On January 26, possibly for the first time ever since the end of World War Two, explicit anti-semitic slogans were shouted during a large scale...
“ŽAmerican Jewish Establishment Must Do More to Embrace Russian Jews
I spent the weekend at a Russian-Jewish Shabbaton on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and was reminded of just how different Russian-American Jews are...
Jewish Immigration to Israel Drops 2% in 2012
Times of Israel/JTA - Jewish immigration to Israel registered a 2 percent drop last year, a trend bucked by new arrivals from Europe and...
Russia’s Jews Rebuild Communities After Exodus
While Saddam Hussein's forces shelled Israel during the Gulf War, 12-year-old Alex Kalmikov arrived at Ben Gurion Airport from Soviet Georgia. "Three days...
