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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at the monument to Jewish victims of Nazi massacres at Babyn Yar ravine in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 27, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
September 29, 2025, 4:27 pm
84 years after Babyn Yar massacre, names of 1,000 previously unknown victims revealed
Under the shadow of Russian invasion, researchers scramble to digitize artifacts of Ukrainian Jewish life, providing new insights into the murder of 33,771 Jews in Kyiv in September 1941
By Zev Stub
Jonathan Greenblatt participates in a panel during the TAAF Heritage Month Summit at The Glasshouse on May 5, 2023 in New York City. (JP Yim/Getty Images via AFP)
March 19, 2025, 11:41 am
ADL chief Greenblatt drops out of Israeli antisemitism confab over far-right invitees
Previously scheduled speaker joins a growing list of figures who have withdrawn from Israeli government event to protest the inclusion of far-right European politicians
By Zev Stub
Natan Sharansky (left) and Alexei Navalny. (Collage/AP)
February 20, 2024, 2:43 am
After reading his book, Navalny corresponded with Sharansky about enduring in prison
News site publishes handwritten letters between the two dissidents, with former Prisoner of Zion urging now-deceased Russian opposition leader to ‘maintain your inner freedom’
By ToI Staff
People gather with placards and a large Palestinian flag to take part in a 'March For Palestine' in London on October 14, 2023 (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
October 26, 2023, 2:08 pm
Pro-Hamas sentiment shocks European Jews, rekindling fears about their future
The disgust felt by millions toward the terrorist group’s barbarity is overshadowed by angry street protests against Israel and soaring antisemitism
By Canaan Lidor
US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, September 20, 2023. (AP/Susan Walsh)
September 21, 2023, 6:52 pm
Prominent Zionists laud Biden’s remark that no Jew anywhere is safe without Israel
Abe Foxman, Natan Sharansky and Dani Dayan say president’s unprecedented statement shows understanding of how most Jews feel, though it angers some Jews more critical of Israel
By Canaan Lidor
Russian-speaking recent immigrants to Israel tour the Samaria Regional Council in the West Bank in 2023. (Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli)
July 10, 2023, 12:10 pm
Government ends fast-tracked immigration option for Russians, drawing criticism
Former Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky laments move, which Aliyah and Integration Ministry attributed to low demand for service despite massive increase in immigration
By Canaan Lidor
McGill University History Prof. Gil Troy in The Times of Israel's offices, April 25, 2023. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/ToI)
April 28, 2023, 6:03 am
What Matters Now to Prof. Gil Troy: ‘Identity Zionism’ to cure Diaspora’s ‘unJews’
Historian-author expounds on the Zionist trinity of Jewish peoplehood, Land of Israel and modern state, and how young Diaspora Jews can use it as a vehicle of self-actualization
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza sits on a bench inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at the Basmanny court in Moscow, Russia on October 10, 2022. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/File)
April 10, 2023, 9:10 pm
Jailed Russian-Jewish dissident reminds Natan Sharansky of his own ordeal
The former prisoner of Zion, who wrote a book about overcoming fear, says he’s afraid a prison sentence will mean death for Vladimir Kara-Murza
By ToI Staff
Yosef Mendelevitch visiting St. Petersburg Airport, November 30, 2014. (Canaan Lidor)
March 28, 2023, 10:27 pm
Judicial overhaul divides ex-Prisoners of Zion from former Soviet Union
Groups on both sides of the issue have published open letters making arguments grounded in their experiences behind the Iron Curtain
By Canaan Lidor
File: Natan Sharansky (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
February 28, 2023, 6:38 am
Sharansky: No, Israel is not becoming Russia, but we need broad consensus on reforms
The former Prisoner of Zion and minister under Netanyahu does not support the sweeping judicial overhaul as is, but nor does he believe it spells the end of Israeli democracy
By David Horovitz
Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman leads a committee hearing, February 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 7, 2023, 1:43 am
Knesset law committee to begin votes on judicial overhaul legislation in coming days
Opposition MK Kariv calls for strike to protest swift advancement of contentious legal reforms; Natan Sharansky warns of ‘demagoguery,’ erosion of human rights
By Jeremy Sharon
Jewish Ukrainian who fled war zones in Ukraine wait to receive their entry papers to Israel, at an emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 15, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
December 7, 2022, 1:27 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 7: How the same MK who fought for Soviet immigration may kill it
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reports from a whirlwind 2-day trip to the Gulf with President Herzog; Diaspora affairs reporter Judah Ari Gross is back from Moldova
By ToI Staff
Head of the Noam party Avi Maoz at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 1, 2022, 6:56 am
He campaigned for Soviet immigration. Now Avi Maoz is poised to fight against it
As head of the Nativ program, the far-right nationalist could make immigration from the former Soviet Union much harder for those who aren’t Jewish according to Orthodox law
By Judah Ari Gross
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Natan Sharansky in Kyiv, October 25, 2022 (courtesy Ukraine Presidential Office)
October 30, 2022, 1:36 pm
Natan Sharansky ’embarrassed’ by lack of Israeli support for Ukraine
After meeting with President Zelensky, former minister and Soviet political prisoner says it’s a ‘disgrace’ that ‘not even a Knesset delegation’ has visited Kyiv
By Ash Obel
Israeli far-right MK and Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir visits Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv during his campaign ahead of the November election, October 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
October 30, 2022, 1:02 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 30: MK Ben Gvir’s policies match those of neo-fascists in Europe
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on historic Lebanon maritime deal and updates from around the globe; settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon compares & contrasts far-right parties
By ToI Staff
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