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Natan Sharansky


Natan Sharansky was a political prisoner in the Soviet Union and a minister in four Israeli governments. He is the author of Fear No Evil, The Case for Democracy, and Defending Identity.

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  1. Response ·

    Isaac Babel’s “Red Cavalry”: A Dramatic Reading

    By Jonathan Silver, Gary Saul Morson, Natan Sharansky

    Watch our recording of the classic Russian Jewish stories. Then stick around for the discussion with Natan Sharansky, Ruth Wisse, and Gary Saul Morson.

    Isaac Babel’s “Red Cavalry”: A Dramatic Reading
  2. Response ·

    The End of the New Jew

    By Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy

    Unlike earlier waves of immigrants, the million East Europeans who made their way to the Jewish state in the 1990s managed to escape the cultural strip-mining that awaited them.

    The End of the New Jew
  3. Response ·

    The Weakest Link

    By Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy

    How to repair the connection between the liberal majority of American Jews and the center-right majority of Israeli Jews.

    The Weakest Link
  4. Monthly Essay ·

    Can American and Israeli Jews Stay Together as One People?

    By Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy

    Long-festering strains between the world’s two largest communities jeopardize the prospects of a shared Jewish future. Here’s a way forward.

    Can American and Israeli Jews Stay Together as One People?
  5. Observation ·

    Post-Liberal Europe and its Jewish Problem

    By Natan Sharansky

    Strong ideological currents are turning Europe into a difficult place for Jewish survival.

    Post-Liberal Europe and its Jewish Problem