A new symbol at some Passover seders: an empty seat for Evan Gershkovich, Jewish journalist jailed in Russia Gershkovich, a New York native and the son of Soviet Jewish refugees to the United States, is a Moscow correspondent with the Wall Street Journal. By David I. Klein April 3, 2023 1:53 pm
Soviet Jewry protest leaders in San Francisco secretly recruited help from Jews for Jesus, FBI file says If the FBI’s intelligence is accurate, a movement that unified much of the global Jewish community relied at least to some extent on the support of a reviled group whose mission is to proselytize to Jews. February 6, 2023 4:29 pm
Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader whose reforms included letting Jews leave for Israel, dies at 91 Gorbachev was a hero in Israel, where a potato was named for him and where he said he regretted the antisemitism that led to an exodus of Soviet Jews. August 30, 2022 9:42 pm
Ida Nudel, for years the face of Jewish persecution in the Soviet Union, dies at 90 By Ron Kampeas September 15, 2021 6:55 am
George Shultz, secretary of state who pressed for freedom for refuseniks, dies at 100 By Ron Kampeas February 8, 2021 2:43 pm
Ideas Op-Ed: Chanukah, Soviet Jewry and the unceasing battle for freedom By Steven B. Nasatir December 9, 2012 5:48 pm
1 million sign on for ‘virtual march’ marking ’87 Soviet Jewry rally By Chavie Lieber December 6, 2012 9:59 pm
Ideas Freedom Sunday’s 25th anniversary — a reminder of what’s possible By David Harris November 21, 2012 9:55 pm