Sunrise, Sunset

By Carly Silver November 25, 2009

When Jews fled Russia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, they scattered all over the globe. Many came to America, helping to found the prominent Ashkenazi community in the country today. Throughout the twentieth century, Jews suffered under the reign of the Soviet Union presidents and are still marginalized in Russia today. Yet, tucked away…

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I Love My Jewish Mom

By mmogilevsky November 25, 2009

OK, I’ll admit–this post isn’t about anything profound or relevant to anybody other than myself, but I just thought I’d share it because it’s all I can really think about. Today is my first day home after almost three months of being away at college, and it feels great. My parents cleaned up my room…

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