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Soviet Jewry

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Fic­tion
Bone Weaver
Aden Poly­doros
Cover of How the Soviet Jew Was Made
Non­fic­tion
How the Sovi­et Jew Was Made
Sasha Senderovich
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Fic­tion
A Vis­it to Moscow
Anna Olswanger, adapted from a story by Rabbi Rafael Grossman, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)
Essay

The Ques­tion of ​‘A Vis­it to Moscow’

Anna Olswanger
May 23, 2022
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Fic­tion
Atom­ic Anna
Rachel Baren­baum
Essay

Be Patient in Judg­ment: Pirkei Avot and the Cher­nobyl Disaster

Rachel Baren­baum
April 4, 2022
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Fic­tion
At the End of the World, Turn Left
Zhanna Slor
Cover of In Memory of Memory
Non­fic­tion
In Mem­o­ry of Memory
Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale (Translator)
Cover of Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia
Non­fic­tion
Like a Drop of Ink in a Down­pour: Mem­o­ries of Sovi­et Russia
Yele­na and Gali­na Lembersky
Cover of I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales): Notes From a Soviet Girl on Becoming an American Woman
Non­fic­tion
I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Oth­er Immi­grant Tales): Notes From a Sovi­et Girl on Becom­ing an Amer­i­can Woman
Margarita Gokun Silver
Cover of Doctor on Call: Chernobyl Responder, Jewish Refugee, Radiation Expert
Non­fic­tion
Doc­tor on Call: Cher­nobyl Respon­der, Jew­ish Refugee, Radi­a­tion Expert
Alla Shapiro
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Non­fic­tion
Natan Sha­ran­sky: Free­dom Fight­er for Sovi­et Jews
Blake Hoena, Daniele Dickmann (Ilustrator)
Cover of Love Like Water, Love Like Fire
Fic­tion
Love Like Water, Love Like Fire
Mikhail Iossel
Interview

Sur­vival and Truth: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Anne Blankman

Emi­ly Schneider
February 10, 2021
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Fic­tion
The Black­bird Girls
Anne Blankman
Essay

Write What You Know: How My Sovi­et Jew­ish Immi­grant Expe­ri­ence Final­ly Became a Book

Ali­na Adams
January 12, 2021
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