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Soviet Union

A memorial stands near the entombed reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. (Trey Ratcliff CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr)
Posted inLocal Voice

Decades after Chernobyl, Russia’s arrogance toward Ukraine persists

Danny Grossman by Danny Grossman April 24, 2026April 24, 2026

The evening of April 27, 1986, began with a call from Jim Schumacher, deputy principal officer of the U.S.consulate in Leningrad where I was serving as vice consul. “Dan,” he […]

Sasha Vasilyuk and her grandfather
Posted inBooks

S.F. novelist surprised that writing about her grandfather’s secret won a Jewish award

by Andrew Silow-Carroll August 25, 2025August 25, 2025
1943 ad for Soviet event in San Francisco
Posted inFrom the Archives

When the USSR sent Jewish comrades to rally San Franciscans

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 2, 2025July 2, 2025
A young Sasha Vasilyuk with her grandfather on a lake in Ukraine. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inBooks

San Francisco author’s debut novel reveals her Soviet grandfather’s secret

by Sue Fishkoff April 11, 2024May 2, 2024
The sign reads "Birobidzhan" in Russian and Yiddish. (Photo/Wikimedia-Rusik_z CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inJewish Life

History of Jewish homelands harbors a strange chapter: Birobidzhan

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 8, 2023
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
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
Ukrainian troops seen during exercises in Kyiv, Jan. 22, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Sean Gallup-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

I am a Ukrainian Jew. I have lost my mother to Russian disinformation

Michael Rozhkov by Michael Rozhkov and Forward April 6, 2022
Herbert Gold points to a painting he got in Haiti. (Photo/George Barahona)
Posted inCulture

‘Not Dead Yet’: Nonagenarian S.F. icon Herbert Gold talks writing, Israel, mortality

by Liz Harris September 23, 2021September 29, 2021

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