The story of where fate brought me in 1963 at the age of 16 when I was in high school. As an average Soviet schoolboy, I was far from Judaism in all its aspects. Jewish history changed everything.
Dear Agam! I am not a "messianic" individual, but I interpret your name as an acronym: Or Geulat HaMashiach—"The Light of the Redemption of the Messiah." We have both experienced being held captive and both emerged with faith.
Dear bothers, face reality. Don’t fool yourselves. The city is going up in flames.
"Let's come together to figure out how we can better work together to help finally end this long and bitter exile” the organizers say.
Only a few decades ago, under the Soviets, Torah learning was banned, Torah scrolls, tefillin, texts were burned, Jews lived in fear.
The trial began on the first day of Hannukah and the accused's imprisonment lasted for years, but a miracle occurred along the way. Excerpt.
As Rosh Hashannah nears, stories of faith and sacrifice that occurred behind the Iron Curtain and how the Jews of the USSR stood the test.
The anniversary of Russia's space launch is celebrated in Russia, but I celebrate it as the day I was punished for keeping Shabbat. Op-ed.
Famous refusenik: 'I only want to make sure that no construction is carried out over Jewish graves.'
Today marks 50th anniversary of Operation Wedding when Yosef Mendelevich attempted to hijack plane to Israel to escape Soviet oppression.
Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich attacks government's soft treatment of terrorist prisoners holding hunger strike.
Following Naftali Bennett's controversial visit to Conservative shul, Ex-Prisoner of Zion Mendelevich explains how it is done.
