When Mark Idisis arrived in the United States on July 4, 1990, he stepped off the plane into a nation celebrating Independence Day. Fireworks lit the
Known as the Synagogue of the American Revolution, Congregation Mikveh Israel has stood at the heart of American Jewish history since its founding in 1740. As
Born in 1924, Pearl Hinda Nagel endured unimaginable suffering. She lost her father as a child and her mother in the Lodz Ghetto. She survived
Rivka and her husband, Arye Leib, were born in Moscow into typical Soviet Jewish families. They knew very little about their Jewish heritage, but neither did
Helena Swerdlik, originally Kitenkorn, was born on October 20, 1935, in Lublin, Poland, into a modest Jewish home filled with faith, kindness, and the rhythms of
Rachel Leah Fry was just a child when her mother converted to Christianity. Many decades later, she connected with Rabbi Yosef and Bina Goldwasser, her local Chabad emissaries in Mobile, Alabama, and started
My name is Sofya Tamarkin. My family emigrated from the former Soviet Union in 1989. In my late teenage years I started the ultimate quest for Truth, seeking knowledge of my Jewish heritage.
After many years of searching for meaning and clarity, I have come to appreciate my connection to Judaism and all that it stands for. As I was seeking to bond with my authentic identity, I focused on deeper understanding of the ‘secret’ of Jewish survival during the last 2,000 years of exile. I wondered, what made us so strong and fierce. My people survived unimaginable tragedies, yet we continued to be ‘The Light Upon The Nations”.
