Refuseniks

Prisoner of Zion:

Eduard Kuznetsov passes away at age 85

Prisoner of Zion Eduard Kuznetsov was sentenced to death in the USSR after he planned to hijack an empty plane and land it in Sweden. His sentence was commuted and in 1979 he was released and immigrated to Israel.

How this activist became ‘foreign minister of the Jewish people’

From American exchange teacher in Moscow to 'foreign minister of the Jewish people.'

Former Refusenik Ida Nudel passes away

Activist who fought to move from Soviet Union to Israel for 16 years passes away at age of 90.

An old friend writes to Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman

We go back a long way, Evik, and we Russian refuseniks and Prisoners of Zion want the old Avigdor Liberman back. Op-ed.

An Israeli flag in a Soviet high security prison

From an illegal Jewish movement to a Seder in the Gulag

The Jewish people brought the concept of freedom to humanity

When they come for us, we'll be gone

Former refusenik Natan Sharansky wins Israel Prize

Jewish Agency chief and former minister jailed for 9 years by Soviet Union selected for Israel Prize's lifetime achievement award.

Public speaking - in the language he was imprisoned for teaching

Knesset Speaker Edelstein, a former refusenik, speaks to Russian Federation Council exactly 30 years after his release from prison.

Prisoner of Zion Mendelevich marks 46 years since arrest

Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich marks 46 years since he and a group of Jewish refuseniks were arrested at Leningrad Airport.

A Man of Faith, Courage and Jewish Pride

Lapid Calls Leftist Draft-Dodgers 'Spoiled Brats'

Finance Minister notes that letter refusing conscription not from 'idealists,' but 'secular slackers.'