Rina Shamilov is a student at Yeshiva University, interning at the Forward this summer. Follow her on Instagram @rins_cs or email her at [email protected].
Rina Shamilov
By Rina Shamilov
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Jewish mourning rituals are complex and deeply personal. These films can help you begin to understand them
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Culture I’m not Hasidic, but an afternoon in Williamsburg deepened my appreciation of Sukkot
A serendipitous visit to a fair during the holiday gave me a window into Hasidic life that challenged my preconceptions
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First Person My boyfriend died in May. It showed me how meaningful Jewish mourning rituals can be — and how flawed
Jewish mourning is all about community. That made the process more extraordinary, and more painful
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Culture My parents were refuseniks. Mikhail Gorbachev made our life in the U.S. possible
Rina Shamilov’s parents and grandparents spent years trying to leave the Soviet Union. Gorbachev, who died this week at 91, gave them the freedom to do so.
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Sports ‘Hard work beats talent:’ Meet the 20-year-old Orthodox table tennis phenom battling discrimination and aiming for the Olympics
Estee Ackerman, a Yeshiva University senior, beat Rafael Nadal at ping pong as a preteen and is nationally ranked in her sport — and she’s just getting started
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Fast Forward Weather outside can affect our opinions online, says Israeli researcher
A new study found that rain caused people to write more negative reviews of hotels, even if it was sunny during the actual stay
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A first-time candidate, Levy was born in Cuba to a Jewish Lithuanian family
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Ayman al-Zawahri, killed by a CIA drone, authored a study on Jews that helped train Osama bin Laden’s focus on the U.S.
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