פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Two important books have been published: a translation of Ibn Ezra’s commentary to the Torah, and an academic textbook to learn Hebrew
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Tel-Aviv theater company Gesher presents “The Dybbuk” in Moscow; photo-exhibit of work by Arkady Shochet.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
The Chernobiler Rebbe visits Moscow; a conference about the writer, Vasily Grossman, on his 50th yortseit.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Festive celebrations in Birobidzan on its 80th year; a Jewish hockey team to play in Moscow.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
There are 30 Jewish high schools in Russia, most of them run by Chabad; exhibit planned in Kaliningrad (Königsberg) on Jewish culture on the eve of the Nazi era.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
The Mitzvah Tank brings a bit of Torah to the Jews of Ural and Siberia; Russian rock band performs in Tel-Aviv.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Trade with Israel could rise due to Russian counter-sanctions; a familiar illustrated translation of Sholem Aleichem’s “Tevye the Dairyman” has been re-published.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
August 12th is part of Jewish history because of two tragic actions by Hitler and Stalin’s regime, the exhibition “Avant-garde and Aviation” is continuing at Moscow’s new Jewish museum.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Two ethnographic expeditions probe the Jewish past in Russia; a new memorial in Kaliningrad recalls the Jewish soldiers killed in WW I.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Israel is widely supported by both Jewish and non-Jewish organizations in Moscow, poets and writers from Moscow‘s community of mountain Jews hold a literary evening.Read More
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Alexandra Polian was born in Moscow and studed Hebrew and Yiddish as well as pedagogy in the Institute for Asian and African Studies at Moscow State University. She works there now as a research associate and teaches Hebrew, Hebrew and Yiddish literature, Jewish bi-lingualism and German. She also teaches Yiddish in the “Eshkolot” program. Yiddish folklore collection and research are her specialty. Each year she undertakes an ethnographic expedition to Besserabia and Bukovina to collect folklore. She also serves on the editorial board of the Yiddish periodical “Tsaytshrift”.Read More
אַלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן איז געבוירן געוואָרן אין מאָסקווע, זיך געלערנט העברעיִש און ייִדיש אינעם אינסטיטוט פֿון די לענדער פֿון אַזיע און אַפֿריקע בײַם מאָסקווער מלוכה־אוניווערסיטעט און פּעדאַגאָגיק אויפֿן פּעדאַגאָגישן פֿאַקולטעט. אַצינד איז זי דאָרט אַ וויסנשאַפֿטלעכע מיטאַרבעטערין, וווּ זי קנעלט העברעיִש, העברעיִשע און ייִדישע ליטעראַטור, ייִדישע צוויי־שפּראַכיקייט און דײַטש. אַרבעט אויך אין „אשכּולות” ווי אַ ייִדיש־לערערין. פֿאַרנעמט זיך מיט זאַמלען און פֿאָרשן דעם ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר. יעדעס יאָר פֿאָרט אין עקספּעדיציעס קיין בוקאָווינע און בעסאַראַביע. אַ רעדאַקציע־מיטגליד פֿון דער אויסגאַבע „צײַטשריפֿט” (מינסק־ווילנע).Read More