NEW YORK -- With the contemporary music world buzzing about Regina Spektor’s upcoming album more than a month before its release, I cannot help but think about the young musician’s rise in the context of Russian-speaking Jewry. Spektor, who...
By Lena Fish, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 14, 2012
Almost all new Americans have some amusing stories about the time when they first immigrated to the United States. Mastering the English language is a common theme in the anecdotes Yeva Golynskaya tells, which is ironic when you think about it since...
By Mark B. Levin, JTA
• Published February 2, 2012
WASHINGTON -- A spate of recent media reports has discussed the inclusion of ultranationalists in the Russian protest movement. Jewish organizations, sensitive to the fragility of a newly emergent Russian civil society and Jewish community, need to speak...
