Irina Olevskaya: "There was a time of parting with the Russian community - it is time to return"
Irina Olevskaya, immigration lawyer, mother of three sons, member of the Board of Directors of the American Forum of Russian-Speaking Jews and the Board of Directors of the KingsBayY Jewish Community Center. - We are all at the mercy of stereotypes. One of them: an immigration lawyer who can speak Russian, works in Brighton. A…
Bakhyt Kenzheev: “We need to preserve human dignity”
My bakhytik. As long as this power does not drink blood to its fullest- Not to us dead and not alive, To be a watchman in Moscow. Who is a poet? He's a watchman here. Before him are the fields. The flowers are growing. He's a gardener here. He is a forester. Look how to a tree ...
The memory of the heart, which is "stronger than the reason of the sad memory." The legendary Bel Kaufman is dedicated
From the testament of Sholem Aleichem: “... On every anniversary of my death, let ... read a memorial prayer for me. And if they don't have a special desire to read a prayer ... then they can limit themselves to gathering with my daughters, grandchildren and just kind ...
Robert AUMAN: The Moment Of Truth
We bring to the attention of our readers an article published in January 2011, but today it has not lost its relevance. In 2005, he became the eighth winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (“For expanding understanding of conflict and cooperation problems through analysis in the framework of game theory”) ...
“Huylo is a smack”: the Israeli press about the Ukrainian Foreign Minister’s abuse of the Russian President
Israel's largest daily newspaper, Israel Hayom (Israel Today), explained to Hebrew readers on June 16 the essence of the incident near the Russian Embassy in Kiev, when the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry uttered a sharp curse against the Russian President on the night of May 15. Journalist Eli...
Mayor of New York appreciated the contribution of Russian-speaking US Jews
New York Mayor Bill Di Blasio opened America's Russian Heritage Month at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the evening of June 11. At a colorful ceremony, the newly elected mayor of the largest US metropolis presented five awards for his contribution to strengthening the connection between American society and Russian-speaking immigrants, and ...
The Hidden Truth of Islam: The Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people
A few months ago, a senior orientalist, Prof. Nissim Dana, threw a theological bomb into the heart of Islam, mainly fanatical Islam. While today's Islamic clerics engage in incitement against the Jewish people in mosques and at mass demonstrations and talk about “holy duty...
Vadim Rabinovich - sensation of the 2014 presidential elections in Ukraine
The most brilliant result of the participation of a Jewish candidate in this presidential election: Vadim Rabinovich received more votes throughout Ukraine than both leaders of Ukrainian ultranationalists. The first exit poll data for the presidential elections in Ukraine brought sensational results on the evening of May 25, 2014: Peter ...
The ghost of optimism wanders around Odessa
In the half-light of new publications in the Russian media about the impending pogroms in Ukraine, we find out the fairness of the information presented. Our interlocutor is a literature teacher, as they say, “From G-d.” Mark Grigorievich Dreerman, back in the Soviet years, gained fame in Odessa as a brilliant teacher and...
“Taglit”: a third of a million young Diaspora Jews discovered Israel
About 800 members of Russian-speaking groups of the Taglit project, arriving in Israel in the coming days from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, will become part of an evening dedicated to Israeli culture. The event will take place on February 4 at the Binyanei HaUma Assembly Hall in Jerusalem in collaboration with the Genesis Charitable Foundation,…