Soviet Jewry

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).

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FIVE JEWISH couples get married in Brazil on Lag Ba'omer.
An illustrative image of an Iranian agent in the backdrop of an Iranian flag.

Iran’s 400% espionage surge in Israel: Rising threats and societal vulnerabilities - opinion

Israeli security foils numerous Iranian spying attempts, but intelligence damage exposes a growing national vulnerability.

|ByRACHEL AVRAHAM
Illustration photo of Super Pharm drug store and pharmacy at the Hadar mall in Jerusalem, on April 30, 2018.

New immigrant pharmacists face discrimination, lack of gov't support despite professional shortage

Mazarsky's comments follow the state's reluctance to accept over 170 qualified pharmacists who are intending to make aliyah in the coming year and have opened files with the Jewish Agency.

|ByAVIHAI CHIIM
Natan Sharansky.

'To succeed as a Jew is to survive,' Natan Sharansky tells 'Post' - interview

Natan Sharansky is an Israeli politician, author, and former Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency. He was born in 1948 in what is now Donetsk, Ukraine, to a Jewish family

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Lauder: '30 years ago people told me Jewish life in the FSU was dead, they were wrong'

DECEMBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ronald Lauder

'Together we shape the future of the Jewish people in the Euro-Asian region'

DECEMBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dr. Mikhail Mirilashvili

'Russian speaking Israelis are a lot more embracive of their heritage because of the war'

DECEMBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prof. Zeev Khanin

How Euro-Asian Jewish Congress gave a voice to the Soviet Jewry

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.

DECEMBER 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sharansky: We have an opportunity for hundreds of thousands of olim from Russia

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.

DECEMBER 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel’s ambassador to Ukraine expects another wave of aliyah in the winter

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.

DECEMBER 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

How does the global Jewish community see the future of post-Soviet Jewry?

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.

DECEMBER 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shai: “I'm concerned about the divide between world Jewry and Israel”

Highlights from the 2022 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress' annual conference with The Jerusalem Post.

DECEMBER 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The role of ethnicity in Israel after 75 years - opinion

Only about 5% of Israelis rate ethnic cleavage as the main source of tension in Israel - stronger by far are tensions between Arabs and Jews or Right and Left.

DECEMBER 4, 2022ByUZI REBHUN
THE GROOM breaks a glass, the traditional conclusion of a Jewish wedding ceremony. We have witnessed a narrowing of ethnic gaps and greater intermingling of Ashkenazim and Mizrahim, perhaps most significantly in ethnic intermarriage, says the writer.

Law of Return: Grandchildren of Jews have Jewish blood - opinion

Let's look at the glass half full: For those who are confident of their culture, their land and their peoplehood, there is simply no fear, no trepidation and no worry.

DECEMBER 4, 2022ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
REVELERS WATCH a fireworks display on Independence Day in Tel Aviv, last year. Immigrant grandchildren of Jews will come to value a restful Shabbat and the excitement of Independence Day and will undoubtedly teach it to their own children, says the writer.