By David I. Klein (JTA) — For Michal Stamova, the challenge of translating Passover’s core text into Ukrainian started with the title. The haggadah — the book containing the Passover story — starts with an “h” sound in both Hebrew, its original … Read More
Guest Columnist Tatiana Glezer BUDAPEST, Hungary (St. Louis Jewish Light via JTA) – It has been more than two months since I fled Russia with my two daughters, a cat and a dog. Like thousands of other Russians horrified by … Read More
Human Resources Lee Chottiner Among the 2,500 people who marched to Auschwitz-Birkenau this year as part of the March of the Living were Ukrainian refugees from the war in their homeland. The April 28 event, which culminated in the traditional … Read More
Human Resources Lee Chottiner This week, I got an email from my friend, Ranen Omer-Sherman, the Judaic Studies chair at the University of Louisville. He wanted to share a poem by the great Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai. He asked me … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Thirty years ago, when Slava Nelson lived in the Soviet Union, which included her native Ukraine, it was unlike any place most Americans have experienced. “It was not a country; it was a big prison,” … Read More
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Thirty years ago, when Slava Nelson lived in the Soviet Union, which included her native Ukraine, it was unlike any place most Americans have experienced. “It was not a country; it was a big prison,” … Read More
By staff and releases With the brutal invasion of Ukraine completing its second day, with Russian forces closing in on the capital city, Kyiv, Ukrainian Jews here are watching the situation unfold in their country, aghast at what is happening … Read More
Many people in the Louisville Jewish community remember Alexandra Shklar fondly. She worked in the community as a shlicha, an emissary from Israel, for several years. It was an exciting time, because during her tenure, we celebrated Israel at 60 … Read More
Crisis in Ukraine The past year has been a trying time for Jews all over the world as crises have affected our community to such an extent that the whole world has taken notice. War last year in Israel; violence … Read More
NEW YORK, March 5, 2015 (JTA) – Jewish perseverance, and more than a bit of chutzpah, lies at the heart of the Purim holiday. It is one of the reasons we are instructed to mark this raucous holiday with boundless … Read More