The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/student-struggle-for-soviet-jewry/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:40:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/student-struggle-for-soviet-jewry/ 32 32 WATCH: Sharansky on UAE peace treaty, rise of doublethink in US and Jewish unity https://www.timesofisrael.com/watch-sharansky-on-uae-peace-treaty-rise-of-doublethink-in-us-and-jewish-unity/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:58:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2385506 In video interview, 'Never Alone' co-authors Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy weigh in on troubling trend of cancel-Israel culture on campuses and how we can overcome it

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]]> 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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]]> Limmud FSU goes back to Galicia, to build a Jewish future https://www.timesofisrael.com/limmud-fsu-goes-back-to-galicia-to-build-a-jewish-future/ Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:31:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1091170 Away from the tumult of war, Limmud Lviv brings Jews from the former Soviet Union together for an intense weekend of learning -- and community building

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]]> On Rabin anniversary, warnings of a former extremist https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-rabin-anniversary-warnings-of-a-former-jewish-extremist/ Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:21:53 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1077661 Yossi Klein Halevi's first book, on his militant youth in Meir Kahane's JDL, was initially published two days after the Rabin assassination in 1995. Now it is being re-released -- coincidentally, terribly, amid a resurgence of Jewish radicalism

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]]> Captain Sunshine’s quixotic battle for the presidency https://www.timesofisrael.com/captain-sunshines-quixotic-battle-for-the-presidency/ Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:54:37 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=955794 US-born Yosef Abramowitz hopes to succeed Shimon Peres. He has no chance, but that's never stopped the veteran civil rights activist and solar energy pioneer

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]]> Founder of Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry dies https://www.timesofisrael.com/founder-of-the-student-struggle-for-soviet-jewry-dies/ Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:50:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=948340 Jacob Birnbaum, 87, helped bring the plight of Jews trapped behind the Iron Curtian to the world's attention

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