Refuseniks
The Jewish leader recalls his upbringing in Soviet Russia and explains what inspired him to return to the land from which his family fled.
The struggle for Jewish dignity that once sparked Jewish pride in millions is slipping from memory.
Meet Barbara Oberman.
Reflections on the anniversary of the celebrated refusenik’s release.
With the help of an “Esperanto” club.
It is not racism to deny honoring her.
A lesson from the experience of Soviet dissidents.
An anniversary in more ways than one.
A reminder that freedom itself is irrepressible.
During two exoduses, defiance proved better than comfort.
A lesson from the refuseniks.
Youthful encounters with the late Vladimir Slepak, the “stately bull” who helped win freedom for Soviet Jews.
Imprisoned upon applying for an exit visa to Israel, the painter Leonid Lamm found artistic inspiration in the suffocating homogeneity wrought by Soviet despotism.
An amendment sponsored in 1989 by U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, who passed away this week, enabled thousands of Soviet Jews to build new lives in America.