Rabbi Jonathan Porath is well-known within his activist and conservative circles. For most of us, however, he is an unsung hero of the movement to liberate Soviet Jewry.
As history has shown, the position of informal organizations actually met the interests of the whole world.
The Dissident illuminates the human rights movement and the struggle of Soviet Jews to get permission to move to Israel,
The history of Brobidzhan, a town established in the Soviet Union almost 100 years ago, reminds us of the many other ideological rivals to a Hebrew republic in the Land of Israel.
“To the outside world, he was always known as a German Jew, and he always insisted that he was neither German nor Jewish,” said author Ray Monk.
A vote is due early next week. LGBTQ+ activists hope Estonia's parliament will back a government bill that would allow gay and lesbian couples to marry and win the same rights as heterosexual couples
In using public protests and street demonstrations to attract notice, Soviet Jewish activists changed Jewish history.
In this book, literature comes first, history is mixed in second. Thus, discussion of Isaac Babel, David Bergelson and Moyshe Kulbak acquires a panoramic perspective
But just for a moment, on whatever side of the aisle we may be, we might consider stepping back and assessing the land, the nation we love, from a distance.
Sharansky’s personal journey reflects that of the Jewish people, and the centrality of Israel in his life and Jewish identity mirrors the experiences of so many Jews around the world.
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