Former Soviet Union

85 years later: Babyn Yar and the fight against deliberate erasure - opinion

On September 29 and 30, 1941, German forces, aided by local collaborators, murdered 33,771 Jews at Babyn Yar. In just two days, the lives of children, parents, and grandparents were cut short.

 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy takes part in a commemoration ceremony for the victims of Babyn Yar (Babiy Yar), one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv Ukraine September 29, 2022.
The New York Times logo is seen on the building's facade in New York City on January 22, 2026.

Israel’s global news coverage vastly disproportionate and unusually persistent, analysis finds

More attention must be paid to people who want to leave Israel, and more must be done to help them change their minds and decide to stay, says the writer.

Israel needs to stop losing its people and start giving them reasons to stay - opinion

A partisan bunker is seen in Rūdninkai Forest.

Lithuania's Jewish partisan bunkers caught between Holocaust memory and military expansion


Putin embraces the dark corners of Russia’s history – opinion

The topic of Ukraine’s western borders is of particular interest to Russia’s president, but his so-called Marxism-Leninism argument reveals his flawed logic

Russia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to present Gold Star medals to service members, who were involved in the country's military campaign in Ukraine and awarded the title of Hero of Russia, in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025.

On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard

On this day in 1955, Bulgarian MiG fighters brought down El Al Flight 402, killing all 58 people aboard and setting off a Cold War dispute over responsibility and justice.

 El Al Flight 402 - The Lockheed Constellation registered as 4X-AKC, pictured here in 1950.

'Stalin’s Apostles': The Cambridge Five and the lost world of Jewish Communism - review

From elite universities to Soviet handlers, the Cambridge Five helped Stalin penetrate Britain’s security and decision-making core.

Kim Philby, 1955

Israel needs a counter-subversion strategy - opinion

Hostile powers don’t invent a nation’s weaknesses; they find the ones it already has, fund them, give them prestige, and push them through the institutions that decide how a society sees itself. 

An anti-Israel protest in New York City. Ilustrative.

WIZO Rishon Lezion youth village teens create fact-checking bot

For the students, many of whom remain closely connected with friends and family in their countries of origin, the issue is not abstract.

Students participate in the hackathon at WIZO Nachlat Yehuda.

America’s ‘luck’ is running out: The lost industrial engine that powered US greatness - opinion

America’s rise was driven by production and innovation, and its decline may begin with its loss.

A general view of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2025.

Iran’s IRGC turned revolution into a system of power, profit - opinion

Iran’s rulers speak of faith and resistance, but the regime’s true strength lies in control, profit and instability.

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022.

Putin says Ukraine war is ending but the global order has already shifted - opinion

Ukraine war may be winding down, but its impact on global politics is already irreversible.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2026.

In double trouble: Iran’s oil crisis – opinion

Given that the Islamic Republic’s lifeblood – oil – is being squeezed, it should learn from history that collapse always begins with a warning sign such as this one

A Satellite image shows a likely oil spill covering dozens of square kilometers near Iran’s Kharg Island, earlier this month.

Five Jewish couples marry in Brazil in front of 900 young Jews from former Soviet Union

The five couples were Ruslan and Esther (Anastasia), Eliezer (Evgeny) and Elena, Asher (Stanislav) and Malka (Alexandra), Meir (Mark) and Polina, and Netanel (Bogdan) and Michal (Veronica).

FIVE JEWISH couples get married in Brazil on Lag Ba'omer.