Marina Bolotnikova
By Marina Bolotnikova
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Life As Russian Jews, We Are Characters in Someone Else’s Story
As far back as I can remember, I knew that I had to hide everything about my life from my friends at school. Kids absorb secrecy around class and money like sponges, and for a small child who barely paid attention to what we were learning in school, I was amazingly sentient of what I…
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News Strike! Harvard Jewish Students Back Union, Citing Labor Roots
Harvard University dining workers are celebrating a victory after a strike that gained them a $35,000 minimum yearly salary and stable health-care costs in their new contract. And Jewish students on campus are, by and large, celebrating with them after taking a prominent role at the forefront of the push to support their demands. The…
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