Florina Rodov has written for The Atlantic, Shondaland, Newsweek and others. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in nonfiction, receiving a notable mention, and is working on a book.
Florina Rodov
By Florina Rodov
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Opinion Putin is no match for my Jewish Ukrainian babushka
With a little Krav Maga training, my grandmother is a force to be reckoned with.
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Opinion The ultimate response to antisemitism? Learn Yiddish
When my dad was growing up in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union, he’d beat up the neighborhood kids for calling him a “zhyd”—a pejorative term for Jew that’s akin to “kike.” His flair for fighting was prophetic, as he grew up to be a professional boxer. When he and my mom started dating, she…
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