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Russian Jews

A headshot of Adams, a smiling white woman, with the cover of her book, "The Nesting Dolls."
Posted inBooks

Former San Franciscan recasts Russian Jewish family stories in ‘Nesting Dolls’

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller July 13, 2020July 21, 2020
David Waksberg at a Simchat Torah rally for Soviet Jews in front of the San Francisco Soviet consulate in 1984 with son Raphael Bob-Waksberg on his chest. (Photo/Courtesy Waksberg)
Posted inLocal Voice

1980s Soviet Jewry activist turns his eyes toward a battle for today: Black Lives Matter

by David Waksberg June 12, 2020June 12, 2020
The bagels of Boichik Bagels. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Boichik Bagels opening soon; kosher challah delivery; Mizrachi heritage dinners

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 7, 2019November 14, 2019
The Grand Choral Synagogue in St. Petersburg, Russia (Photo/Wikimedia-Alex 'Florstein' Fedorov CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

21 years old in the USSR — that’s when I became a Jew

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz October 16, 2019
Igor Litvak is helping to run his late mother's restaurant, the Red Tavern, from his home base in New York. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

This NYC bond trader’s side hustle is his mom’s Russian restaurant in SF

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 7, 2019August 26, 2019
Emily Leyfer (second from right) with other teens on a BBYO-sponsored trip to Germany
Posted inTravel

As a child of Russian Jews, I used to worry I wasn’t Jewish enough. A teen trip to Germany changed my mind.

Emily Leyfer by Emily Leyfer July 5, 2019July 8, 2019
The Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews held daily vigils in front of the Soviet Consulate, like this one in Nov. 1986, to protest the USSR policies that made it difficult for Jews to leave Russia. (Photos/Tom Wachs)
Posted inLocal Voice

You know who else separated families trying to cross borders? The Soviets.

by David Waksberg June 29, 2018June 26, 2019
Shalom Bayit outreach staffers Marianna Kritsberg and Sarah Rothe (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inNews

Domestic abuse agency can now help Russian-speaking women

by Sue Fishkoff May 14, 2018May 15, 2018
Israeli tanks cross the Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur War (Photo/Wikimedia-Israel Defense Forces)
Posted inIsrael at 70

An eyewitness to Yom Kippur War, Ethiopian aliyah, Soviet Jewry and more

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn April 19, 2018
Natan Sharansky speaking in front of the Soviet Consulate in San Francisco, Feb. 6, 1987 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inIsrael at 70

I joined the Zionist revolution in Russia

john rothmann by John Rothmann April 17, 2018April 16, 2018

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