There hundreds of Jewish periodicals (sometimes not even real periodicals) in the former post-Soviet space. Almost every Jewish organizations dreams of having its own, even a small one, printed publication. Most of them are departmental newsletters or modest papers with the circulation of factory newspapers. Along with that, one cannot help noticing a small but impressive body of magazines, many of which are radically different in their contents and printing quality from the general “budget-funded” background of the Jewish printed mass media.

From the editor: the political spectrum of the Jewish organizations that emerged in Poland between the two wars became to a large degree the main factor in forming the range of views and opinions of the future of the Jewish life not only in the Diaspora but even in the yishuv. Therefore, we thought the political life of the Polish Jews in the above-mentioned years is of more than just regional significance and would be of interest to our readers.

One of the most interesting ethnic and denominational groups that reside in the territory of the Crimean peninsula are the Crimean Karaites.

Ethnic relations is the world's most easily exploitable topic for kindling passions to aggravate the public situation, should one want such an outcome. In post-Soviet territory this is one of the major issues.

Israeli Studies in the recent years have been growing in popularity with researchers living in post-Soviet countries and specializing in different fields, such as political science, economy, history, and sociology.