The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/national-council-on-soviet-jewry/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:14:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png National Council on Soviet Jewry | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/national-council-on-soviet-jewry/ 32 32 Once heroes of US Jewry, Soviet Refuseniks are largely forgotten. Not for long https://www.timesofisrael.com/once-heroes-of-us-jewry-soviet-refuseniks-are-largely-forgotten-not-for-long/ Sun, 22 Dec 2019 01:09:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2195833 Anat Zalmanson-Kutznetsov, whose parents tried to hijack a plane to escape the Iron Curtain, launches educational initiative focused on unique bipartisan campaign to free USSR Jews

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]]> Jewish groups mourn passing of Max Kampelman https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-groups-mourn-passing-of-max-kampelman/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:35:33 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=359910 Senior US human rights negotiator, who played key role in the struggle to free Soviet Jewry, dies at age 92

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]]> My mom and dad, the would-be Zionist plane hijackers https://www.timesofisrael.com/my-mom-and-dad-the-would-be-zionist-hijackers/ Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:04:29 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=326058 An Israeli filmmaker hopes her next project will be a documentary about her parents, whose famous failure to steal a plane helped make Soviet Jewry a global cause

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]]> US Congress set to replace historic law that helped free Soviet Jewry https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-congress-set-to-replace-historic-law-that-helped-free-soviet-jewry/ Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:11:09 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=283268 With the support of Jewish groups, American legislators are expected to end Jackson-Vanik restrictions on Russia

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