From WestHampton, New York to Russia’s Far East, Limmud FSU Makes Inroads21/09/2009
Seven time-zones from Moscow, about as far east as one can travel in Russia, lies the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, or Region...
At Limmud in Siberia, some unique challenges15/09/2009
BIROBIDZHAN, Russia (JTA) -- As the maroon bus trundled its way past the collective farms where Yiddish-speaking communists once struggled to tame the muddy earth, a commotion arose from a row of seats in the rear...
Russian Jews ponder age-old question: Israel or the U.S.?19/08/2009
They sing the American national anthem first. Then "Hatikvah." They forgo the Russian national song for obvious reasons...
What I learned in the Hamptons15/08/2009
I didn't know much about Limmud FSU. About Matthew Bronfman I knew a bit more. I knew he was involved with Israeli banks. Banks annoy me...
‘Breakthrough’ Event Draws Young Russian-Speakers To Hamptons12/08/2009
Inna Gorn, a 23-year-old who immigrated to Riverdale from the Siberian city of Tomsk at the age of 6, doesn’t normally hang out in synagogues...
Limmud FSU Comes to America; and WestHampton Will Never Be the Same Again!09/08/2009
With the Russian-Jewish community making up 25% of New York’s Jewish community, the time has come to make serious efforts...
Russian Jewish Community Begins to "Own" Limmud23/04/2009
The world financial crisis and “Madoff” scandal have led to a collapse in Jewish philanthropy, closing many funds and forcing cutbacks in the financing of hundreds charitable projects...
The 'Jewish Mark Twain'18/03/2009
Elegant, humble and gracious, 97-year-old Bel Kaufman regaled congregants at The New York Synagogue earlier this month with poignant stories and remembrances of her grandfather, Sholem Aleichem...
Grapevine: Dropped from the list10/03/2009
THE NAME of Ahmed Ould Teguedi, the ambassador of Mauritania, has already been removed from the Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic list...