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RAOUL WALLENBERG’S parents, Maj and Fredrik von Dardel, are pictured with Wallenberg’s brother, Guy von Dardel (left), the father of the two authors of this open letter, in a rare private moment during the 1970s.

Swedish Prime Minister Kristersson must allow access to information on Wallenberg case

By MARIE VON DARDEL-DUPUY , LOUISE VON DARDEL

Column of the Red army infantry. Reenactment of the winter defensive battles of the Red Army in WWII. Image: Maria Moskvitsova.

Alleged KGB report detailing encounter between Soviet soldiers ans a UFO resurfaces

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

NEW RUSSIAN-SPEAKING olim celebrate Independence Day in the Jerusalem Hills this past year.

Wars on two fronts: Russian-speaking olim on making aliyah during wartime

By LINDA PARDES FRIEDBURG

NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV (R) and Leonid Brezhnev wave from Lenin’s Tomb in Moscow after announcing that Khrushchev was resigning as first secretary of the Communist Party and Brezhnev was taking over the role, 1964.

The enigma of Nikita Khrushchev: Unravelling the Soviet leader's views on Israel, Zionism

By ALEX WINSTON

MK Gilad Kariv attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on October 15, 2024.

Aliyah committee will be ‘home’ for non-Orthodox Jewish denominations, Kariv says

By ELIAV BREUER

Lena Troufanov (R) and Rabbanit Bazak (L)

From Sinai to daily life: How small actions create lasting holiness

By Sivan Rahav Meir

THE FRONT GATE of Auschwitz carries the infamous phrase: ‘Arbeit macht frei.’ The writer states: ‘Perhaps we as Jews are less alone in our grief than we may fear.’

Putin says ignoring Soviet role in liberation of Nazi death camps is shameful

By REUTERS

A PAINTING by Asya Lukin from an exhibition based around a single theme: hospital life.

A direct glance from painter Asya Lukin within the Israeli art scene

By ILYA GEFTER

Man carrying a Soviet Union flag.

Follow Soviet hero Kuznetsov's example: Resist forces seeking to strip Jewish ties to Israel

By JPOST EDITORIAL

The writer conducts a wedding ceremony.

Love, faith, and unity amidst war: A rabbi’s unexpected wedding tal

By HAYIM LEITER

‘COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA’ director Semion Aleksandrovskiy.

New theatre production ‘Collective Phenomena’ reveals story of defiant Soviet-Jewish scientists

By HAGAY HACOHEN

New immigrants, many from the Former Soviet Union, gather to celebrate Sukkot and the opening of "the Dacha" activity center in Tel Aviv.

Activity center for new immigrants from FSU opens in Tel Aviv

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A general view picture shows the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan June 19, 2017.

Jewish Agency and Azerbaijani rabbis condemn division amid Iranian spy ring allegations

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

AFTER A SWIFT operation by Azerbaijan’s military to retake control of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, ethnic Armenians flee for the Armenian border last September.

Israel’s role in the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis: A troubling legacy

By SHMUEL LEDERMAN

The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying the crew formed of NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan September 15, 2023.

Reflecting on Kazakhstan's painful legacy: A call for global nuclear disarmament

By Karipbek Kuyukov

PENNSYLVANIA GOV. Josh Shapiro takes the stage at an election rally for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, in Philadelphia, last week. Shapiro can show that he isn’t backing down from his lifelong mission of helping Jews and others in need, says the writer.

Josh Shapiro rescued me from Soviet antisemitism

By AVRAHAM GOLDSTEIN

Masha Gessen speaks onstage at the 2022 CPJ International Press Freedom Awards at Glasshouses on November 17, 2022 in New York City.

Russia sentences Jewish writer Masha Gessen to prison in absentia for comments on Ukraine war

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Marvel Jewish superhero Sabra.

Marvel removes Jewish superhero Sabra's Israeli identity

By MICHAEL STARR