In his award-winning book, Prof. Sasha Senderovich mixes a rich, centuries-old body of Yiddish folklore with early 20th-century events to define a notoriously nebulous Jewish group

Freedom of information request yields stunning revelation that leadership recruited the well-organized but widely loathed proselytizing group to help organize and bolster crowds

Head of office that checks citizenship eligibility for Ukrainian immigrants reflects on early days of Russian invasion, vows to abide by whatever coalition decides on Law of Return

Citing 'anti-Communist' content, authorities won't let locals print 'The Queen of Cleveland,' Shula Kazen's story of surviving the Iron Curtain, even though it would be sold abroad

The last Soviet leader has passed away precisely as Putin's Russia tangles with the Jewish Agency, moving to shut down the Israeli organization that handles Jewish emigration

Former prisoner of Zion praises late Soviet leader for freeing Jewish prisoners but says his policy was driven by the cost to Soviet Union, not sympathy

The numbers allowed to exit actually fell at the start of his rule. But he wound up approving the exodus of millions, freeing refuseniks, ending restrictions on religious worship

Former Soviet president remembered as a humanitarian for allowing Jews to practice their religion freely and emigrate, which they did en masse -- much to his disappointment

His company dismantled and friends imprisoned, Leonid Nevzlin has lived in Israel for 20 years. He hasn't ceased criticizing the Kremlin - and sees some parallels in his new home

Yelena Lembersky's 'Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour' is a surprisingly even-handed tale of escape from the Iron Curtain with her grandfather's famous Babyn Yar massacre paintings