מאָסקווע, רוסלאַנד – 18 פֿעברואַר, 2016

פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן

A meeting with Pinchas Polonski who writes about Jewish religious topics in Russian; Israel will help Russia create a research center for agricultural biotechnology.Read More

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מאָסקווע, רוסלאַנד – 10 פֿעברואַר, 2016

פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן

Two lectures about the link between Jerusalem and the Caucuses; the third volume of the series, “The History of Jewish Music in Russia” is celebrated in St. Petersburg.Read More

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מאָסקווע, רוסלאַנד – 03 פֿעברואַר, 2016

פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן

At the Sefer Center - lectures about Sholem Aleichem and the Yiddish language; a talk in Eshkolot about paintings of the Virgin Mary wearing a prayer shawl; exhibit of Auschwitz photos taken by an SS officer.Read More

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מאָסקווע, רוסלאַנד – 27 יאַנואַר, 2016

פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן

Putin’s invitation to Jews to return to Russia gets parodied on the Russian internet; in memory of the Holocaust victims – the screening of a film about Russian writer Ivan Bunin who saved a Jewish writer and two musicians.Read More

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מאָסקווע, רוסלאַנד – 20 יאַנואַר, 2016

פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן

Several events on the eve of Holocaust Commemoration Day; in Tula – a Yiddish club where you can study Yiddish and Yiddish culture; the artist Haim Sokol gives a lecture about monuments.Read More

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מאָסקווע, רוסלאַנד – 13 יאַנואַר, 2016

פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן

A TV film about Judaism and the State of Israel elicits criticism; a contest of IT projects announces the winners.Read More

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מאָסקווע, רוסלאַנד – 06 יאַנואַר, 2016

פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן

6,000 people made Aliyah from Russia this year; a new kosher restaurant in the center of Moscow; Jewish boy wins prize for creating robot that teaches kids to play chess.Read More

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מאָסקווע, רוסלאַנד – 30 דעצעמבער, 2015

פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן

A new Torah scroll for the Jewish community of Zhukov; a delegation from Birobidzhan comes to Moscow; the yortsayt of the poet Osip Mandelstam is commemorated.Read More

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מאָסקווע, רוסלאַנד – 23 דעצעמבער, 2015

פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן

A new Russian postal stamp honoring the Sobibor Uprising; the publishing house “Knizhniki” releases a Russian translation of Leyb Kvitko’s novel, “Liam and Patrick.”Read More

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מאָסקווע, רוסלאַנד – 16 דעצעמבער, 2015

פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן

In honor of Hanukkah, President Putin invites the Chief Rabbi of the Russian Chabad to the Kremlin; an exhibit at the Gulag History Museum displays documents and artifacts linked to the “Doctors’ Plot.”Read More

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