Posts Tagged: USSR
Counting Jews in Israel: The ‘Other’ Is Not Enough
On November 7, 2023, just one month after the Hamas massacre of Israelis and the onset of the war in Gaza, The Jerusalem Post’s Zvika...
Gorbachev: The Man Who ‘Let My People Go’ — With Some Prompting
In October 1986, US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev met for a summit in Iceland. A group of Soviet Jewry activists from the...
Mr. Putin Goes to Tehran
JNS.org – Despite spending five months baiting Ukraine’s leaders as “neo-Nazis,” among them the country’s Jewish President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin didn’t bat...
Ralph Goldman, the Haganah’s Man in New York, Passes Away at Age 100
Tributes have been pouring in for Ralph Goldman, the former chief executive of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) who passed away earlier today. Goldman,...
Wrong on Both Counts: Academic Boycotts and Israel
Statements rejecting calls for an academic boycott of Israel, such as that recently resolved by the academic American Studies Association, generally resort fully only to...
One of World’s Most Decorated Olympic Gymnasts Lives In Israel, Still Does Her Splits
One of the world's most decorated Olympic medalists is currently living in the country whose capital is known as "the City of Gold." Agnes Keleti,...
Nazi Collaborator: “Jews Screamed Like Geese” While Being Shot
Jonas Pukas, a suspected Nazi war criminal, was interrogated by New Zealand officials in 1992 at age 78. He was a member of the 12th...
Apples and Oranges – What Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Tells Us About Iran
The tragedy that has befallen Japan should make any sensible person even more wary of Iran's nuclear ambitions. For years, Iran has attempted to...
