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

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

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