פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Annual Fiddler on the Roof prizes awarded at the Kremlin; dedication of a Jewish community center in Zhukov; Knizhniki publishes the book, “Jewish Studies II.”Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
3 Jewish publishing houses take part in the book fair, “Non-Fiction”; First Jewish Museum introduces a catalogue of its best objects; a lecture about the Yiddish theater.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
A new synagogue and Jewish community center in Ivanovo; a new research center on the history of the Holocaust and genocide in the Russian State University for HumanitiesRead More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
A discussion on the topic of “Dialogue Between Judaism and Christianity in Russia”; Knizhniki publishes a Russian translation of Chaim Grade’s short story collection, “The Synagogue and the Street.”Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
An international conference in St. Petersburg explores field and archival research on Jewish communities around the world; a play in Tambov, based on “Tevye Der Milkhiker.”Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Among those killed in the airplane crash was the Hillel program director in St. Petersburg; the Moscow Jewish Museum takes part in the Night of the Arts; a new museum in Rostov-On-Don, in memory of the psychologist Sabina Spielrein.
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
400 women learn how to braid challah as part of the Shabbos Project; a photo exhibit by the Slovakian Jewish photographer, Turi Dojc.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
A reception in honor of the Russian translation of Vladimir Medem’s memoirs; an exhibit about Schneerson’s Library at the Moscow Jewish Museum; Jewish day school students in Volgograd stage opera that was performed in Thieresenstadt.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
The Israeli archeologist held two lectures for the Eshkelot Project; Mishe Lev’s memoirs are appearing in Russian translation.Read More
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פֿון אלכּסנדרה פּאָליאַן
Simchas-Torah in Soviet times became a symbol of the struggle of the Jews to obtain the right to make aliyah; an old shul in Kaluga is renovated.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