Soviet Union

Major-General Matvey Weinrub, left, and writer Konstantin Simonov on the Hallesche-Tor-Brücke Bridge over the Landver Canal in Berlin, Germany in May 1945. (From the collection of the Moscow Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center)

Moscow’s Jewish museum uploads previously unseen photos of Berlin’s Soviet occupiers

The unscripted pictures were to be shown at a festive launch of the 75th Victory Day, but have been made accessible online because of the COVID-19 lockdown.

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 12, 2020 5:26 pm

Brandeis acquires archives of Jewish group that supported Soviet Jews

Project Kesher was established in 1989 to help Jews who chose to remain in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

October 25, 2019 1:33 pm

Richard Pipes, historian of Russia and Reagan aide, dies at 94

The scholar led opposition to arms-control talks and accommodation with the Soviet Union.

May 18, 2018 7:06 am

Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, whose ‘Babi Yar’ exposed anti-Semitism, dies at 84

April 2, 2017 1:13 pm

This Orthodox Jewish Prizefighter Wrote a Kids’ Book

By Avishay Artsy

from Jewniverse

Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish Holocaust hero, executed in Soviet prison, diaries reveal

August 7, 2016 11:00 am

The Soviet Jewish Writer Whose Novel Was Banned for 200 Years

The Soviet Jewish Writer Whose Masterpiece Was Banned for 200 Years

By Zachary Solomon

from Jewniverse

Russian Jews built this city on rock and roll (and klezmer)

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 1, 2016 4:15 pm

A holiday is born: Red Army vets promote ‘Rescue Day of European Jewry’

By Julie Wiener May 22, 2014 5:21 pm

The Greatest Soviet Jewish Artist You Never Heard Of

By Zachary Solomon

from Jewniverse

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Moscow’s Jewish museum uploads previously unseen photos of Berlin’s Soviet occupiers

Brandeis acquires archives of Jewish group that supported Soviet Jews

Richard Pipes, historian of Russia and Reagan aide, dies at 94

Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, whose ‘Babi Yar’ exposed anti-Semitism, dies at 84

This Orthodox Jewish Prizefighter Wrote a Kids’ Book

Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish Holocaust hero, executed in Soviet prison, diaries reveal

The Soviet Jewish Writer Whose Masterpiece Was Banned for 200 Years

Russian Jews built this city on rock and roll (and klezmer)

A holiday is born: Red Army vets promote ‘Rescue Day of European Jewry’

The Greatest Soviet Jewish Artist You Never Heard Of

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