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2005

Teaching for the Future [part 2] for Some Non-jewish Families in Ex-ussr, Jewish Schools Are It

In the principal’s office of a Jewish day school in Dnepropetrovsk, a mother is fighting to hold back tears. “You cannot turn my son down,” says the woman, who came to register her teenage boy for school in this Ukrainian city. “He will be a good student.” Grigoriy Skorokhod, principal at the Levi Yitzhak Schneerson […]

2005

Teaching for the Future [part 5] Leaders of Jewish Schools in Ex-ussr Hope to Attract Masses

The growth of Jewish day schools in the former Soviet Union is unquestionable. Mainly due to an ongoing flow of foreign investment into Jewish education, there now are about 15,000 Jewish students attending some 100 day schools in almost every republic of the former Communist empire. Yet the vast majority of Jewish families still don’t […]

1999

USSR Leader Andropov Reportedly Hid Jewish Roots to Advance in Party

Former Soviet leader Yuri Andropov had Jewish roots, according to recent reports in the Russian press. Andropov, who was in charge of the KGB for 15 years and then headed the USSR from November 1982 until his death in February 1984, concealed his Jewish background after he entered the Communist Party as a young man, […]

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Teaching for the Future [part 2] for Some Non-jewish Families in Ex-ussr, Jewish Schools Are It

Teaching for the Future [part 5] Leaders of Jewish Schools in Ex-ussr Hope to Attract Masses

USSR Leader Andropov Reportedly Hid Jewish Roots to Advance in Party

Focus on Issues: Anti-semitism in Former Ussr; Not As Easy to Pinpoint As Before

Report: About 20% of Olim from Former USSR Not Jewish

Nearly Half a Million from Ex-ussr Have Immigrated to Israel Since ’89

Number of Jews in the Former USSR Lower Than Expected, Survey Shows

Debate Erupts over Status of Jews Leaving Former USSR

September Saw Modest Rise in Aliyah from Former USSR

Teens from Ex-ussr in Israel

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