The Day My Best Friend Called Me a ‘Dirty Jew’
I was born in another world, in a country that is no longer on the map. In a way, I am still a Soviet child
A Very Very Simple Guide for Purim Celebration
The holidays begins at Sunset of March 9, 2020 and ends at nightfall of March 10, 2020 http://www.partnersintorah.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/purim.pdf (This Document contains G-d’s Name, therefore it
Yuri Gagarin and an Extraordinary Ordinary Life
Growing up in the former Soviet Union, like many fellow citizens, we spent our summers at a dacha—a small primitive house outside the city where
My Identity Is Forever Found in Translation
“A righteous man falls down seven times and gets up.” — King Solomon1 Judaism defines a righteous individual as one who perseveres and transforms his
Meeting the Rebbe, Meeting Myself
In the spring of 1990, my always proactive grandmother, Zelda, was bargaining in Yiddish at the cash register of the local supermarket in Philadelphia for