A Freedom March Of Our Own
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman Special To The Jewish Week Remembering the Washington rally for Soviet Jewry, 25 years on.At the recent General Assembly of Jewish federations, Elie Wiesel and Natan Sharansky...
View ArticleThe '87 Soviet Jewry Rally: An End, And A Beginning
Every new beginning, we are told by the pop band Semisonic, comes from some other beginning's end.read more
View ArticleWelcome To The New Normal: Disability Rights, Not 'Special Needs'
In the second half of the 20th century, the Jewish community did the impossible; after decades of struggle, Soviet Jewry emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, empowered to emigrate as a result of...
View ArticleShelly The Survivor
Adam Dickter Assistant Managing Editor Political skills, not iron fist, seen keeping speaker in power after scandal. Tuesday seemed like any other day for Sheldon Silver as he went about his business...
View ArticleAlbert Chernin, Jewish Policy Leader, Dies At 85
Staff Report Albert Chernin, a Jewish organizational pioneer who was Executive Vice Chairman Emeritus of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs died Monday in his sleep, reported his daughter, Anne...
View ArticleA Champion Of Jewish Freedom And Identity
JTA Seagrams billionaire took on Soviet Union, Swiss banks and assimilation. Edgar Bronfman, the billionaire former beverage magnate and leading Jewish philanthropist, died Saturday at the age of...
View ArticleHis Real Wealth: Service To His People
Gary Rosenblatt Editor And Publisher Family and dignitaries remember Edgar Bronfman at his shloshim service. His family and friends called him “Tree.” He loved doing crossword puzzles, watching...
View ArticleWhat I Thought I Knew About The Jews Of The Former Soviet Union
Rabbi Shaul Robinson In my childhood bedroom, in Glasgow, there was a poster on the wall bearing an image of the Kremlin and the words “Let My People Go.” Like many other Jews growing up in the 1980s,...
View ArticleYaakov Birnbaum: ‘A Hero Of Biblical Proportions’
Jonathan Mark Associate Editor Remembering the man who launched the Soviet Jewry movement here. Jacob Yaakov Birnbaum, widely recognized as the founder of the Soviet Jewry movement in the United...
View ArticleA ‘Klal Yisrael’ Jew
Yossi Klein Halevi Special To The Jewish Week In leading the fight for Soviet Jewry, Yaakov Birnbaum inspired a generation that revitalized Judaism in America. Yaakov Birnbaum, the man who launched...
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