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

“A righteous man falls down seven times and gets up.” — King Solomon1 Judaism defines a righteous individual as one who perseveres and transforms his

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

Ten years ago, my husband and I traveled to Singapore. Before the trip, as is my habit, I reached out to the local Chabad Center.

Of all the miraculous stories that happened in my life, perhaps this one is at the top of the list. Not because it takes something

As I boarded Ukrainian International Airlines on the way to trace my roots and visit the graves of the righteous, I felt like I was

Chanukah Begins December 22, 2019 after nightfall and ends December 30, 2019 after nightfall (This Document contains G-d’s Name, therefore it may NOT be thrown

It’s been 30 years since my family left the former Soviet Union and arrived in the United States, leaving a world that felt familiar and