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Lighten Up

Rabbi Elazar Muskin March 8, 2001

With the demise of the former Soviet Union and the fall of communism in the early \’90s, the story of Soviet Jewry\’s battle for survival appears to be ancient history. Yet one of the truly remarkable books of our time is the autobiography of one of the famous refuseniks, Yosef Mendelevitch, who struggled valiantly for his right to be Jewish in Communist Russia. Mendelevitch titled his autobiography \”Mevzah Hatunah,\” which translates from Hebrew as \”Operation Wedding.\”

Jewish Folk Dance in Bolshoi

Lev Gorodetsky September 28, 2000

Everything looked normal under the columns of the main entrance of the Moscow Bolshoi Theater – a full house, lots of people eager for tickets and scalpers asking for $15, which is a lot for Moscow.But the performance inside was a departure for the Bolshoi. Through its 200-year history, the Bolshoi has been famous for classical ballet and opera, but it was also the scene where Lenin and Trotsky spoke to ardent revolutionary crowds and Stalin greeted mass gatherings of his secret police officers during the great purges of the 1930s.

Bloodless Coup

Lev Gorodetsky June 15, 2000

The election of Lazar as chief rabbi comes just a week after the country\’s chief rabbi for the past decade, Adolph Shayevich, accused the Russian government of seeking his ouster.

Russia’s Elderly

John R. Fishel September 11, 1999

In Samara, a city of 1.2 million in the Volga region of Russia, 87-year-old Anna sits in a 100-square-foot spacethat is her reality. One of perhaps 8,000 elderly Jews in town, shespends her lonely days confined to her room, blind and her legs tooweak to support her. A sagging bed takes up most of her room, whichis one of five apartments that constitute the communal apartment inwhich she exists. The other residents share one toilet and a dirtykitchen.

JDC’s Priority:

Ruth Stroud September 17, 1998

The situation is dire. On its existing funds — about $40 million a year, most of which comes from the monies collected by Jewish federations across the U.S. — the organization can just about handle its caseload of 140,000 people.

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