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Soviet Jewry

Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews' daily vigil in front of the Soviet Consulate, Nov. 24, 1986 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inLetters

That’s not Jewish wine. He’s the wicked son. Food aid shouldn’t be political.

by J. Staff May 30, 2025May 30, 2025

Archiving efforts to free Soviet Jews We appreciated your cover story on Jewish organizations archiving their historical materials. (“Saving the past for the future: How local Jewish orgs are preserving […]

Demonstrators approach Sather Gate at UC Berkeley during a protest against antisemitism on campus, March 11, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

After surviving Cal, I’m running for World Zionist Congress

Danielle Sobkin (Courtesy) by Danielle Sobkin April 24, 2025April 24, 2025
Luda Shuster's parents in the Soviet Union, ca. 1950
Posted inOpinion

A lifetime of anti-Jewish propaganda — from Stalinist Russia to Kanye West

Luda Shuster by Luda Shuster February 7, 2023February 7, 2023
Posted inBooks

Q&A: Raising kids in two worlds and two languages, without a map

by Sue Fishkoff January 12, 2023January 12, 2023
Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev at the European Parliament in Brussels, May 26, 2008. (Photo/European Parliament-Pietro Naj-Oleari CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inObituaries

Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader whose reforms included letting Jews leave for Israel, dies at 91

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 31, 2022August 31, 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev at Edinburgh Airport at the end of a week-long trip to the U.K., Dec. 21, 1984. (Photo/JTA-Bryn Colton-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev’s mixed legacy on the Jews

by Benjamin Ivry and Forward August 31, 2022
In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev made the front page of our paper.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Gorbachev was closely watched in Bay Area, a center of Soviet Jewry activism

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 31, 2022August 31, 2022
During the Cold War, Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union was tightly restricted. (Photo/RNS-Dzurag-iStock via Getty Images Plus)
Posted inOpinion

New Russian threats to shut down Jewish Agency raise old alarm bells

Shaul Kelnerlogo of The Conversation by Shaul Kelner and The Conversation August 12, 2022
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
Detail from “Yiddish Cosmos,” 2018, prints on paper by Yevgeniy Fiks
Posted inCulture

Little-known L.A. museum puts the saga of Soviet Jewry on display

by Tom Teicholz and Forward November 16, 2021

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