פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Hanukkah to be celebrated in the center of Moscow, Netanyahu meets with Putin in Moscow about Iran’s nuclear program, Chabadniks in Moscow celebrate an anniversary and a lecture is held on the symbol of the eagle in Jewish art.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
The film “Shoes” has already been nominated for several awards, including an Oscar and the Jewish Museum celebrated its first birthday.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Preparations are underway in Saint-Petersburg for the Jewish Book Festival, a proposal has been made in Birobidzhan to write street names in Yiddish and in Moscow the Israeli film festival is underway.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
The artist and activist Ilya Farber is put on trial, Garry Kasparov seeks Latvian citizenship and an Israeli-film festival takes place in Moscow.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
The Russian Jewish Congress observes the hundredth anniversary of the Beilis blood libel trial, a new federal holiday, a day of “national unity” is to be celebrated and Joseph Goebbels’ novel Michael is ordered banned.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
A prominent activist goes on hunger strike, a renowned Russian scholar of Arabic dies, and the Eshkolot project organizes an exhibition of Jewish folk-dance.Read More
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Sobibor remembrance, Birobidzhan’s rainbow flag and gay rights in Russia.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Former Chess Champion Gary Kasparov is in the news.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Meet the Jewish girl who founded Pussy Riot.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Sixty-five years ago, Golda Meir became the first Israeli ambassador to visit Moscow.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