Olga Gershenson and David Shneer

From Russia With Lessons in Transnational Jewish Identity-Building

What do pork stores in Israel, mass Jewish immigration to Germany and Las Vegas-style shows in Yiddish on the grounds of the Kremlin have in common? All reflect the complex reality of post-Soviet Russian Jewry that has long puzzled much of the rest of the Jewish world. It has been nearly 20 years since the…