Russian Immigrants

Former Prisoners of Zion, aliyah activists, discuss plans for new Soviet Jewry heritage center

Heritage Ministry Director-General Itay Grank presented the ministry’s vision for the center, which would introduce younger generations to the history of Soviet Jewry.

Alex Silnitsky addresses a gathering of former Prisoners of Zion and aliyah activists at the Heritage Ministry in Jerusalem on October 5.
MONUMENT TO Woody Allen in Oviedo, Spain, a city he made famous in  ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona,’ starring Scarlett Johansson.

'Children of the American Jewish Ghetto': A Jewish community’s cherished past - review

Author Gary Shteyngart holds a cucumber in the short documentary "The Man Who Got Cut Wrong."

Gary Shteyngart reflects on his botched bris in a new short film

Veterans march through Jerusalem to mark WW2 Victory in Europe Day.

VE Day in Israel: Celebrating the 80th anniversary and Jewish heroes of the war


Why does Israel celebrate only veterans from the USSR for fighting WWII?

The contribution by British and American Jewish servicemen and women to the defeat of the Germans in WWII has been sidelined in favor of highlighting that of the Russians.

NETANYA MAYOR Miriam Feirberg Ikar stands with World War II Jewish veterans at a ceremony to mark 70 years since VE Day in the coastal city on Wednesday.

Russian Israelis form 'coronavirus volunteers' unit

The movement was inspired by a similar group called Quarantine Aid - Israel, and operates online in both Hebrew and English.

Coronavirus quarantine ward at Sheba Hospital in Ramat Gan

Tzohar rabbis: Happy, halachic, and in love with the Jewish people

The media are wrong: Politics isn’t always the answer – leadership is.

The national-religious rabbinical association Tzohar 370

Do we need to talk about the Law of Return? - Analysis

The Law of Return was designed to provide a refuge for Jews, those who identify as Jewish, as well as anyone who is identified by the oppressors of Jews as Jewish

Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at the Western Wall; Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman on November 20, 2019

Ingathering Jewish exiles, even those who think differently

Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef took a page out of former US President Bill Clinton's playbook when he blamed the country's woes on Russian immigrants.

Man blowing the shofar at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

‘Change Law of Return,’ says chief rabbi following FSU ‘non-Jews’ comments

The chief rabbi went on to defend himself, insisting that he had already said but would repeat that the majority of immigrants from the former Soviet Union were Jewish

Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak addresses a panel of world religious leaders in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Netanyahu continues push for Russian vote

Likud increases spending on cameras in Arab sector.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Russian-speaking immigrants to Israel in a Rishon Lezion pub

Netanyahu hosts Yisrael Beytenu defectors

"For him, a word is just a word and zero accomplishments," Netanyahu said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts Yisrael Beytenu members who shifted to Likud July, 2019

Netanyahu appoints adviser on Russian immigrants to fight Liberman

PM's spokesman said Liberman was "delusional" for comparing his own sector to animals and that it was Liberman, not Netanyahu, who is panicking.

Avigdor Liberman and Benjamin Netanyahu

The singer, the scientist and the financial wizard

“In terms of my overall mindset, I consider myself Israeli,” Maximilian says. “Yet my ‘Russian’ values are very much ingrained within my work ethic and manners.”

MARINA MAXIMILLIAN.