Russian Jews
‘Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jews,’ 33 years later
A refusenik details her journey out of the USSR.
Adin Steinsaltz was essential to the revival of the Russian Jewish community
The recently deceased rabbi is best known for his Talmud - but his Jewish Center in Moscow was essential to post-Soviet Jewish life.
Why I make these sirniki, or Russian cheese pancakes, for Shavuot [VIDEO]
Making sirniki, or Russian cheese pancakes, for Shavuot
Israeli Chief Rabbi calls former Soviet immigrants ‘religion-hating gentiles’
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef accused the state of deliberately inviting Soviet immigrants to Israel to weaken the political power of the haredi Orthodox.
Soviet Dissident Natan Sharansky Named 2020 Genesis Prize Recipient
A child chess prodigy, he kept himself sane in solitary confinement by playing chess in his mind: “I played thousands of games, and I won them all.”
Camp Is Great For Jewish Americans. We Russian Immigrants Got Bullied Mercilessly.
When Masha Kisel’s Russian parents sent her to a Jewish sleepaway camp in the United States, she was bullied in all sorts of ways.
Boris Fishman Celebrates Soviet Food In ‘A Savage Feast’
In Russia, food was actually a lot better. Peasant food is better for you.
The Boxing Ring With A Mezuzah On The Door
Saturday mornings are busy in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay neighborhood, as residents run errands and grab meals. The Underground Boxing Gym on Avenue X is strangely quiet, though. No one is sparring in the ring, or punching the heavy bags that hang from the ceiling, as they are Sunday through Friday.
For Russian Jews, ‘Christmas’ Trees Reflect Tradition — Not Assimilation
It’s not a Christmas tree. It’s a ‘yolka’.
For 9/11 Families, A Bittersweet Anniversary Falls On Rosh Hashanah
“We have kept together because we understand each other like no one else can, or ever will.”