Tag: Jewish Emigration

Jews have a long history in Arab countries, predating the Arab conquests.
This text recounts a group of tourists, including some Jewish people, reciting the Kaddish prayer for Bella Terner, a Polish Jewish woman who settled in Cuba in the 1930s and was buried there.
Henry Winkler, known for his iconic role as the Fonz on "Happy Days," shares personal stories including his family's escape from Nazi Germany, struggles with dyslexia, and yearning for parental approval in his memoir "Being Henry: The Fonz and Beyond."
In the late 19th century, the Russian Empire was home to the largest Jewish population, but violent pogroms led to massive emigration to escape persecution.
The video delves into the history of the Farhud, a violent pogrom targeting Baghdad's Jewish community during World War II, exploring the Nazi ideology influence, British involvement, and the devastating impact on Iraqi Jews.
Julia Kislev, a Crimean Jew living in Armenia, opened Mama Jan cafe in Yerevan, which became a hub for Russian Jews who settled in Armenia following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
This article explores the historical context and cultural appropriation surrounding the Palestinian cause.
The Jewish community in Argentina is in shock after four Argentine Israelis were killed and others are missing in the Hamas attack on Israel.
The author reminisces about his winter vacation in 1978 at Maleyevka, the Writers Home of Creativity outside Moscow, as his parents were preparing to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
The novel "Les Enfants de Cadillac" by François Noudelmann has received both commercial and critical success in France.
The kibbutz movement, which combined socialist ideals with Zionism, was popularized in Europe in the early 20th century.
This text is a personal account of the author's experience navigating the bureaucratic process of collecting royalties from their Russian publishers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The article discusses the Leningrad hijacking plot in 1970, where a group of Jewish activists attempted to hijack a Soviet airplane to escape to Israel.
The Letter of the Eighteen, written by 18 religious Jewish families in the Soviet republic of Georgia in 1969, was a bold plea to emigrate to Israel rooted in Jewish peoplehood and connection to the land.
The article reflects on the experiences of German and Austrian Jews in 1938 leading up to Kristallnacht, as depicted in the 1938Projekt online exhibit by the Leo Baeck Institute.
"Love in the Shadow of Death" tells the heartbreaking story of Valy and Karl, two young lovers separated by the events of World War II and the Holocaust.
In a Jewish community in Uzbekistan, the dissolution of the Soviet Union prompts mass emigration, notably by the Bukharan Jewish Borukhov family, who relocate to New York.
Simon Dubnov, a prominent Jewish historian and public intellectual in Russia, explores the debates surrounding Jewish emigration from Russia in the late 19th century.
The book "Let My People Go" by Gal Beckerman chronicles the struggle for Soviet Jewry from the 1960s to the early 1990s, detailing how individuals like Natan Sharansky, with support from Jews worldwide and non-Jewish allies, fought against Soviet oppression to secure the freedom of Soviet Jews.