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Russian Jews

View of Market Square in Lviv, Ukraine
Posted inCulture

Jewish writers from former Soviet Union watch war with fear and recognition

by The Forward and Forward March 17, 2022
People exit an Allegro train at the central railway station in Helsinki, March 3, 2022. Trains to Finland are packed with Russians fearful that now is their last chance to escape the impact of Western sanctions. (Photo/JTA-Alessandro Rampazzo-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Their country suddenly a pariah, Jews look for ways to leave Russia

by Jonathan Shamir and JTA March 11, 2022
Art projects are one way Yom Rishon School brings Jewish studies alive. (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inEducation

In Palo Alto, a ‘first day’ of Jewish education — in Russian

by Sue Fishkoff December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
Senator Bob Dole at the Rally For Soviet Jewry, Dec. 6, 1987 (Photo/Forward-Robert A. Cumins)
Posted inNews

Bob Dole, dead at 98, fought to free Soviet Jews

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward December 7, 2021
Anatoly Smolkin caught on security camera across the street from Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco.
Posted inNews

Man threatening S.F.’s Beth Sholom is arrested and released

by J. Staff October 14, 2021October 22, 2021
Vladimir Friedman and Maria Belkin in "Golden Voices." (Photo/JTA_Music Box Films)
Posted inUncategorized

In ‘Golden Voices,’ Russian movie dubbers reinvent themselves in Israel, to hilarious effect

by Andrew Lapin and JTA October 11, 2021
David Julius, a professor of physiology at UCSF, is one of two recipients of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. (Photo/Courtesy UCSF)
Posted inNews

UCSF scientist whose grandparents fled antisemitism in Czarist Russia wins Nobel Prize in medicine

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 4, 2021October 4, 2021
Jessica Fox of Team Australia competes during the women’s kayak slalom semifinal at the Tokyo Olympics. (Photo/JTA-Adam Pretty-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

All the Jewish athletes who have won medals at the Tokyo Olympics

by Emily Burack and JTA July 29, 2021
Campers from the Fremont Gan Israel day camp enjoy a day at Six Flags, July 1, 2021.
Posted inBay Area

‘Birthright Judaism’ camp scholarship program helps families

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen July 27, 2021August 3, 2021
Josh Galant with trays of piroshki, the family business for 25 years. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

The humble piroshki has sustained this San Francisco family for 25 years

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 7, 2021July 7, 2021

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