This week in Jewish history | After decades as Soviet prisoner, Sharansky arrives home in Israel 09 Feb 2021 share this on
On 11 February 1986, Soviet Jewish refusenik Natan Sharansky arrived in Israel under the terms of a prisoner exchange, after spending nearly a decade in prison in the Soviet Union.
While the Soviet Union supported the creation of the State of Israel in the United Nations General Assembly, its support for Israel declined for several reasons, including the Israeli Law of Return. Soviet Union leadership did not believe that Jews in the country were oppressed and therefore did not need an independent Jewish state as a continuous safe haven. In fact, the Soviet Union state newspaper
Former US Secretary of State George Shultz Fondly Remembered for Pivotal Role in Securing Freedom for Soviet Jews algemeiner.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from algemeiner.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
George Shultz, the 60th Secretary of State, who served under Regan and Nixon, has died at 100. His death was announced by the Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank at Stanford University. Shultz served as Secretary of Labor, Director of Office of Management and Budget, and then Secretary of the Treasury
When “Minyan” debuted in late February 2020, you were probably hoarding toilet paper or stocking up on the wrong kind of canned goods. In other words, doing anything but paying attention to the latest in indie Jewish cinema.
That’s a shame. The film, which is getting something of a do-over at this year’s all-virtual New York Jewish Film Festival, follows a gay Jewish teen chafing against expectations in his 1980s Soviet émigré milueu. Visually enchanting and stubbornly enigmatic, “Minyan” elevates a slice of Jewish experience that rarely makes it onto the big screen it deserves to be on everyone’s watchlist.