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How I handled depression in immigration

Well, that’s it, now I can write such a confession, because its time has come. This is the fourth year that my family has lived in America. In the city of Provo. This is Utah. The first thing everyone is interested in is: why is this state not the most famous for Russian people? “Ours”...

Jack Rosen

Head of the American Jewish Congress

American Jewish Congress against UNESCO

In November, the American Jewish Congress hosted more than 25 mayors from around the world at the 31st International Conference of Mayors in Israel. Mayors had the opportunity to meet world leaders such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and learn more about Start-UpNation and about ...

How to a beginner to achieve a credit rating of 750 points and more

Having lived in America for 10 years, I know only one person who has a credit score of more than 800. This is very rare. I would even say that this is almost impossible to achieve. If someone told me this somewhere else 2 ...

Pittsburgh: a city of bridges and hills

We got to Pittsburgh not by chance. We came here to attend a Rolling Stones concert and at the same time see the second largest city in Pennsylvania, USA. As it turned out, he is not that big. The population is only 300 thousand people. ...

30 reasons for the surprise of the immigrant

I moved to America 3 years ago and I want to tell a little about stereotypes, what surprised me and what I missed when I first arrived. I wish you had more information, and maybe someone someday she ...

The last hero of the uprising in "Sobibor"

This Kiev resident is the last living hero of the only successful uprising in the history of World War II in the German death camp Sobibor. A legendary man, who undeservedly few people know about in Ukraine, lives among us. About the feat of the heroes who rebelled in...

Personal experience: how to find a job in New York and move

I have been living in New York for the second week now and it is probably worth telling how it happened. The background to this post may be a story about my 5 years of experience as a designer. I have always had thoughts about trying to live in another country, so ...

Personal experience: Cuba as an unfree Island of Freedom

In 90, when my father was sent to work in Cuba, Fidel had already been in power for 31 years. The first thing that struck me in Havana was the number of teenage beggars. There were flocks and individuals, there were many, many of them, but few tourists. And if something fell on one...

Chicago: what does the city of gangsters fascinate with?

A city with a mafia past was waiting for us! I knew something very cool was about to happen there. I have heard a lot of reviews about Chicago, and, surprisingly, they were only positive. One of them was even like this: “Do not believe what you ...

How in the USA they help parents of seriously ill children

I have a neighbor, a widow named Virginia. I once asked her what she does in her free time? The pensioner replied: "My niece is studying, and I take her child from school and look after him until she returns." Some Russians are convinced ...

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