Trying to recreate a recipe for a treat my mother remembered from her childhood in Leningrad
Fifty years ago today in Leningrad, a small group of Soviet Jews was tried for attempting a daring escape to Israel. Eerily, their story is relevant again—this time, for American Jews.
In search of the traces of my refugee transit camp in Vienna, on my way to America
In advance of the 70th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, an exhibition features the paintings of Felix Lembersky, who defied the Soviet regime and depicted the event as a Jewish tragedy
David Benioff takes the buddy novel to wartime Leningrad
