Natan Sharansky
Sharansky donates $1 million Genesis Prize to aid those affected by coronavirus
The former Soviet prisoner urged people to “think about our great journey together and about new challenges which we face together, and that we will win together.”
Former Soviet prisoner Natan Sharansky offers five tips for coping under quarantine
Tip No. 4: “Don’t give up on your hobbies.”
Sharansky, Carr blast those attempting to blame Jews for coronavirus
“The idea that Jews are behind the virus, that Jews want to destroy markets, to make money or that Israel is behind it ... there is nothing new in it,” said Natan Sharansky.
Carr, Sharansky to headline online discussion on ways to combat anti-Semitism
The online discussion will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 15.
The well-known Soviet refusenik and former Prisoner of Zion is “a true Jewish hero and an outstanding human being,” says Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog.
Institute for Study of Global Antisemitism announces Natan Sharansky as chair
ISGAP founding director Charles Asher Small says “his fight and moral victory over totalitarianism is historic and legendary.”
JNS sat down with the famed Soviet refusenik, Israeli leader and chess maven following his acceptance of the inaugural Tikvah Prize at the Jewish Leadership Conference in New York.
Herzog makes first visit to US as head of Jewish Agency
The former Zionist Union leader visited Jewish Federations in New York, Boston and Philadelphia, promoting the Jewish Agency’s mission to “inspire Jews throughout the world to connect with their people, heritage, and land, and empower them to build a thriving Jewish future and a strong Israel.”
His election comes at a time of a deepening strain between Israel and Diaspora Jewry due to a number of issues, including egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall, as well as the Israeli Rabbinate’s control over Jewish conversion and marriage.
He will replace Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet dissident who has served as the head of the Jewish Agency since 2009.
