A collection of documents on Israeli-Soviet relations has been published with the support of the EAJC

Routledge Publishing House (UK) has released "Documents on Israeli–Soviet Relations, 1954–1967"—a four-volume collection produced as a joint academic initiative by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cummings Center for Russian and East European Studies at Tel Aviv University. The publication was prepared with the support of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.

The collection was compiled by researchers in the history of international relations: Professor of History at Tel Aviv University Yaacov Ro'i (acting as Chief Editor), Dr. Yehoshua Freundlich, and Dr. Boris Morozov, Research Fellow at the Cummings Center for Russian and East European Studies at Tel Aviv University and Academic Council Member of the Institute for Euro-Asian Jewish Studies (IEAJS). The series is based on over 600 archival documents from Israeli and Russian repositories, most of which are being published for the first time. This edition serves as a continuation of the previous project covering the period from 1941 to 1953, which was published in 2000.

The volumes comprehensively document and analyze the most dramatic and turbulent periods in the history of Soviet-Israeli relations: from the restoration of diplomatic ties in the mid-1950s to their sharp decline during the Suez Crisis; from the confrontation leading up to the Six-Day War to the subsequent diplomatic rupture in June 1967; from the struggle of Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel to the emergence of a mass support movement in Israel and the West—and other facets of the complex relationship between Moscow and Jerusalem. The editors placed special emphasis on the interactions between the Israeli Embassy in Moscow and Soviet Jewry, as well as Israel's position in Soviet Middle Eastern foreign policy.

The collection stands as a rare example of bilateral historical diplomacy, compiling documents from both Soviet and Israeli sources. This approach offers readers an exhaustive and contextualized view of highly intricate international processes. The compilers note that the publication underscores the critical role Israel occupied in Soviet foreign policy, while highlighting the constraints on fostering a constructive dialogue due to ideological divergences, particularly concerning Soviet Jewry.

The authors express their gratitude to the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, EAJC President Dr. Michael Mirilashvili, and Director General Dr. Haim Ben Yakov for supporting this publication and facilitating the editorial process.

The EAJC remains committed to academic projects concerning the history of Israel and Soviet Jewry, recognizing the preservation of historical and cultural heritage as one of its core principles.