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Soviet Jewry

Antisemitic flyers stuck to menorah
Posted inUncategorized

Messianic synagogue near Sacramento targeted with antisemitic flyers and vandalism

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 22, 2021
Vladimir Friedman and Maria Belkin in "Golden Voices." (Photo/JTA_Music Box Films)
Posted inUncategorized

In ‘Golden Voices,’ Russian movie dubbers reinvent themselves in Israel, to hilarious effect

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 11, 2021
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews' daily vigil in front of the Soviet Consulate, Nov. 24, 1986 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inFirst Person

When I became Jewishly woke

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS September 23, 2021
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews' daily vigil in front of the Soviet Consulate, Nov. 24, 1986 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inUncategorized

50 years ago, we worked to free Soviet Jews. Those lessons still apply today.

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
A statue of Stalin stands out on an abstract background of blue and pink.
Posted inOff the Shelf

Jewish writers with Soviet roots have deep stories to tell

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 15, 2021June 15, 2021
Matzah travels on the production line of the Tiferet HaMatzot factory in Dnepro, Ukraine, Dec. 8, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Cnaan Liphshiz)
Posted inHolidays

Jews in the former Soviet Union eat pounds of matzah per person — the most in the world — every year. Here’s why.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA March 29, 2021March 29, 2021
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 inObituaries

George Shultz, former sec. of state who fought for Soviet Jews, had Bay Area ties

by Dan Pine and JTA February 10, 2021
The Maccabees depicted in a page from a 14th-century Italian illuminated manuscript.
Posted inLetters

Hanukkah isn’t ‘woke’; Antifa dangers downplayed; BDS, BDS, BDS; etc.

by J. Readers December 18, 2020December 18, 2020
Russian-style Easter eggs. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

My journey from skeptical Soviet Jew to member of the tribe

Luda Shuster by Luda Shuster August 31, 2020August 31, 2020
David Waksberg at a Simchat Torah rally for Soviet Jews in front of the San Francisco Soviet consulate in 1984 with son Raphael Bob-Waksberg on his chest. (Photo/Courtesy Waksberg)
Posted inLocal Voice

1980s Soviet Jewry activist turns his eyes toward a battle for today: Black Lives Matter

by David Waksberg June 12, 2020June 12, 2020

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