Russian Jews urge Netanyahu to ignore U.S. Jews’ call for ceding land

Published on April 9, 2013

One hundred Russian Jewish notables urged Benjamin Netanyahu to ignore recent pleas by American Jews calling on the Israeli prime minister to cede land for peace.

Israeli volunteers head to N.Y. to help in Sandy relief efforts

Published on November 14, 2012

A delegation of Israeli volunteers is on its way to the New York area to assist the Jewish community in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

After Russian exodus, Jews rebuild communities

Published on March 13, 2012

Twenty years later, the mass immigration from the former FSU established distinct communities in the United States, Israel and Germany.

In Putin’s return, Russian Jews see stability

Published on October 4, 2011

Was Vladimir Putin’s carefully choreographed plan to return to Russia's presidency in 2012 a big blow to democracy or a victory for stability?

Kissinger: Gassing Jews would not be a U.S. problem

Published on December 12, 2010

Henry Kissinger is heard saying on newly released Nixon tapes that the genocide of Soviet Jews would not be an American concern.

Briefs: Rudy and Hillary lead, Jews for Putin, Russia needs Jews

Published on December 13, 2007

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Rudy Giuliani come in first and second in approval ratings in a poll of American Jews.

Impact of Soviet Jewry drive still resonates in U.S. today

By Sue Fishkoff
Published on November 29, 2007

For many historians, the Soviet Jewry campaign represented the coming of age of the American Jewish community.

How Jewish is ‘Too Jewish’?

By Gaby Wenig
Published on October 21, 2004

Eugene Yelchin painted his "Section Five" series using his fingers instead of brushes. In the earthy, orangy-brown tones and thick, rounded strokes of paint, the faces he painted emerge blurred somewhat with the background, as if the artist didn't want them to be seen clearly.

The new face of Russian Jewry

By Lea Silverman
Published on May 27, 2004

When Tatyana Sharfman applied to immigrate to the United States, she was not yet sure that she wanted to leave her native country of Russia. Her aunt, who had left Russia in 1992 and now lives in the San Fernando Valley, was determined to bring over the rest of the family, and so Sharfman began to fill out the necessary documents.

"She kept asking us, 'What are you doing over there?'" Sharfman recalled. "We didn't take it seriously, really, but we filled out some papers just because we had these papers."

Sharfman knew that it was typically a long process to emigrate from Russia, and she did not really expect to be accepted. However, one day the approved documents were returned by the government, and her family faced a life-changing decision: "To come or not to come?"

A Russian Pesach

By Michael Aushenker
Published on April 13, 2000

This year, Svetlana Portnyansky, along with Sy Frumkin, will lead two nights of Russian-language seders for the local Russian-Jewish community.

Does the Jewish Vote Matter to Gore and Bush?

By Michael Aushenker
Published on March 30, 2000

Inside a ballroom at the Washington Hilton, Rabbi Leonid Feldman, the Soviet-raised spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach, captivates thousands of young Jews with his moving, heartwrenching account of the long, treacherous road that led him to discover the Judaism that so many of us Americans take for granted. For him and his Russian Jewish brethren, just being Jewish -- let alone practicing Judaism -- was a life-jeopardizing reality.

‘They Should Leave as Soon as Possible’

By Michael Aushenker
Published on January 7, 1999

What can be done to help Russian Jewry? Loads, according to Simon Frumkin. He should know.