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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich embraces his mother, Ella Milman, after being welcomed back to the U.S.

Who is Evan Gershkovich, the recently freed Jewish-American journalist who was wrongly imprisoned by Russia?

Gershkovich explored his Soviet Jewish roots while in Russia. “He cares a lot about his identity as a Jew, and especially his identity as the son of Soviet Jewish immigrants.”

Jewish-American journalist Evan Gershkovich’s fight for freedom in Russia, explained

The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested in Russia in March 2023 on unsubstantiated charges, and has been detained in a Russian prison ever since.

Prisoners of Zion

Were Jews responsible for bringing down the USSR?

The fight for Soviet Jews, sparked by Jewish dissidents within the USSR, played a huge part in disrupting the corrupt communist regime.

Are Russian Jews in peril? Chief rabbi of Moscow flees into exile

Rabbi Goldschmidt is not the first rabbi to flee Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

No, Hitler did not have ‘Jewish blood,’ despite Russia saying so

“I believe that Adolf Hitler also had Jewish blood,” the Russian Foreign Minister said.
People look at the exterior of a damaged residential block hit by an early morning missile strike on February 25, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Yesterday, Russia began a large-scale attack on Ukraine, with Russian troops invading the country from the north, east and south, accompanied by air strikes and shelling. The Ukrainian president said that at least 137 Ukrainian soldiers were killed by the end of the first day. (Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

What’s the latest in Ukraine? We answer your questions

Ukraine is home to one of the world’s largest Jewish communities and its historical roots run deep.

Why Ukraine feels like (and is) a very Jewish story

The fact that in 2022 Jewish communities are having to flee in the middle of the night from danger and an unknown future at the hands of a brutal invader seems surreal

Can Ukraine have a ‘Nazi problem’ with a Jewish president?

The far right is a problem in Ukraine, but the country is far from a Nazi state.

Putin is not Jewish but the president of Ukraine is

In his early morning address Putin named the reason for invading Ukraine was to “de-Nazify” it.

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