USSR
On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard
On this day in 1955, Bulgarian MiG fighters brought down El Al Flight 402, killing all 58 people aboard and setting off a Cold War dispute over responsibility and justice.
Protests shake Iran: The US must choose its next move wisely - opinion
Roots of the Holocaust: Fascist barbarism and vicious 1920s anti-Bolshevik propaganda - book review
The enigma of Nikita Khrushchev: Unravelling the Soviet leader's views on Israel, Zionism
75 years old is a dangerous age for Israel - opinion
Israel has entered its greatest crisis after three generations. This happened to the USSR, Turkey, India and China – what happened to them, and can Israel survive?
Purim 1953 in the USSR: When Joseph Stalin had his fatal stroke
Joseph Stalin had a stroke and collapsed in his dacha on Purim, March 1, 1953, possibly assisted by someone in his inner circle. He died four days later.
Russia replacing armor losses with 1960s Soviet tanks -UK intel
Russian tank divisions are being provided with old T-62 main battle tanks, including units in the 1st Guards Tank Army, which the UK described as supposedly being "Russia's premier tank force."
From Haman to Stalin: The fate of Jews in the USSR - opinion
Had Stalin lived longer, he might have well sent Jews into internal exile.
Jerusalem highlights March 3–9
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
New Israeli exhibit gives Soviet artist Anatoly Kaplan overdue salute
The Enchanted Artist is one of the most expansive and adventurous art exhibitions that Beit Avi Chai has ever produced.
Accidental Czar: Russia's Putin is a real-life comic-book villain - review
Accidental Czar packs its punch by sticking to the facts as we see how Russia's Vladimir Putin went from chasing rats to threatening world peace.
What the history of the Jews of the USSR teaches us
The history of the Jews of the USSR is a universal lesson that in a country where the law is distorted, a citizen has nothing to protect himself from the state.
'Here We Are All Jews': How Western Jews worked to free Soviet Jewry - review
Anyone even remotely involved in the struggle for Soviet Jewry will find something in his book Here We Are All Jews with which they can identify or which will stir a memory.
Jews from the former USSR gather in Boston, discuss helping Ukraine
The all-day event on Oct. 23 at Boston University’s Hillel was organized by Limmud FSU, which holds Jewish learning conferences around the world for Jews from the former Soviet Union.
