Natan Sharansky

Van Jones joins Genesis Prize board, says humanity has ‘special responsibility’ to defend Jews

The CNN commentator and civil rights advocate said the Jewish people remain “the most microscopic minority” and warned against abandoning Israel.

KIND FOUNDER Dan Lubetzky in conversation with CNN contributor Van Jones at ADL's Never Is Now event at Javits Center on March 03, 2025 in New York City.
 Natan Sharansky.

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

FOUNDER OF the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Morris Kahn in 2019.

'When I grow up, I want to be like you': remembering Morris Kahn's most productive years - opinion

Hanukkiot are on sale at the Mahaneh Yehuda market in Jerusalem. This Sunday, let’s ignite meaningful discussion as Jews start lighting Hanukkah candles, the writer suggests.

As Hanukkah approaches, a closer look at what keeps Jews strong – opinion


Anti-Zionism in academia: An illuminating debate - comment

I wondered how to explain that on May 22, 2021, when many Israelis huddled in shelters against Hamas rockets, members of this scholarly association signed a harsh anti-Israel petition.

 THE WRITER addresses Monday’s conference.

The Ukrainian crisis according to Natan Sharasnky

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Natan Sharansky is a Ukrainian native who spent his formative years in Russian prisons.

 NATAN SHARANSKY: The irony is that Putin said the Ukrainians are not a nation, but now probably he has done more than anyone in history to give them a sense of being a nation.

Sharansky: It's a pity the Jewish Agency can't pick a chairperson

Natan Sharansky says that the Israeli politicians have been abusing the role of chairman of the Jewish Agency and treating it only as an opportunity to offer a job to fellow politicians

 NATAN SHARANSKY in 2011.

Sharansky urges Oberlin College to fire alleged Iran ‘war criminal’

"Mahallati was aware that the Iranian regime was massacring thousands of innocent political prisoners and covered up the facts of the massacre."

Mohammad Jafar Mahallati at TEDxTehran.

What was the Soviet Jewish exodus like? One woman's story told in new book

The stories of the American and Israeli efforts to break the hold on Soviet Jewry are told in a new book.

 Natan Sharansky addresses the book launch of ‘Hidden Heroes’ in Jerusalem on August 31 as author Pamela Braun Cohen looks on.

One woman’s story of resistance and rescue in the Soviet Union - book review

Hidden Heroes: One Woman’s Story of Resistance and Rescue in The Soviet Union by Pamela Braun Cohen is the story of extraordinary people in America and USSR who refused to be seperated.

Pamela Braun Cohen at her book launch in Jerusalem

Should Bennett reverse Netanyahu's 'Kotel deal'? - editorial

The government under prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu adopted the so-called “Kotel compromise” formulated by then-Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky in early 2016.

A FLAG at the Western Wall is lowered to half-mast as a mark of mourning for the Mount Meron victims, earlier this week.

We must absolutely reject antisemitism in all its ugly forms

All three manifestations of antisemitic hate are on full display today as violence against Jews erupts on America’s streets and throughout the world.

‘WHAT ARE the effects, in Israel, in the US, and the rest of the world, of the perceived opinions of American Jewry?’

Isi Leibler reflects on a lifetime of leadership

“In my twilight years, I look back and say I’ve been privileged to live through one of the most tumultuous and rewarding periods in Jewish history."

Isi Leibler.

National Library highlights prominent figures' Passover experiences

Among some of the personalities is Natan Sharansky, who recalled his first Passover seder in the Soviet Union under KGB surveillance.

The reading room of the National Library of Israel, in Jerusalem