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Natan Sharansky

The memorial at Babyn Yar ravine, site of the 1941 massacre.
Posted inWorld

Russia bombs Babyn Yar, site of WWII massacre

by Stewart Ain and Forward March 1, 2022

Russia Tuesday bombed Babyn Yar, one of the most searing symbols of the Holocaust and Europe’s largest mass grave of the war. There, not far from Kyiv, the Nazis shot […]

Senator Bob Dole at the Rally For Soviet Jewry, Dec. 6, 1987 (Photo/Forward-Robert A. Cumins)
Posted inNews

Bob Dole, dead at 98, fought to free Soviet Jews

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward December 7, 2021
Last year, Natan Sharansky recorded a video on how to handle quarantine based on his experience as a political prisoner. (Screenshot/JTA-YouTube)
Posted inNews

Natan Sharansky offered advice to cope with Covid lockdowns. Now he’s recovering from the virus.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 11, 2021August 12, 2021
man in yamulke inside synagogue
Posted inFilm

Basketball, refuseniks, Shira Haas: Silicon Valley Jewish film fest turns 30

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 6, 2021May 12, 2021
Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet refusenik and Israeli lawmaker, was named the 2020 Genesis Prize laureate. (JTA/Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Natan Sharansky named 2020 recipient of Genesis Prize

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA December 10, 2019December 17, 2019
The Knesset, Israel's parliament, by night (Photo/Wikimedia-Adiel lo CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inEditorial

‘Nation-state bill’ would be a disaster for Israeli democracy

by J. Editorial Board July 11, 2018July 11, 2018
Natan Sharansky at his office in Jerusalem, Sept. 2013 (Photo/JTA-Flash90-Miriam Alster)
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

How Natan Sharansky changed the game for Israel on campus

Moshe Alfisher by Moshe Alfisher April 27, 2018
Jews from the former Soviet Union and their descendants gathered for Limmud FSU in Oakland, Nov. 17-19 (Photo/Kate Fim)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Playing ‘Where’s Natan?’ while celebrating Russian Jewish culture

Jenni Frazer by Jenni Frazer November 20, 2017November 21, 2017
Reagan-era secretary of state George Shultz was honored in Oakland in Nov. 2017 for his role in helping Soviet Jewry in the 1980s. (Photo/Kate Fim)
Posted inNews

Honoring George Shultz, sec. of state who never gave up on Soviet Jews

Jenni Frazer by Jenni Frazer November 20, 2017November 21, 2017
Editorial cartoon from Feb. 20, 1987
Posted inJewish Life

When Sharansky visited S.F. for the first time, newly freed from Soviet prison

by J. Staff November 5, 2017November 3, 2017

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