Laura Bialis
By Laura Bialis
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News Yuli Kosharovsky, Soviet Jewry’s ‘Man Behind the Scenes,’ Dies at 72
On Tuesday, the first day of Pesach, the Jewish world lost a true hero. Yuli Kosharovsky was best known for his work as an active leader of the Jewish refusenik movement. For years he fought for the freedom of Soviet Jews, and worked to enhance the lives of refuseniks, making a major contribution to Jewish…
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Opinion Without Arik, There’s No One To Sing
For my American friends: Its hard to describe what is going on today in Tel Aviv and all over Israel. The entire country is in a state of mourning, and even the weather has joined in with grey overcast skies. Its days like these though, that I love being Israeli. There is an overwhelming feeling of…
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