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    Cities of Ice

    A dispatch from frozen Harbin, where Jews once flourished—and melted away

    byDara Horn
  • Illustration by Vaclav Hradecky (1865 - 1940) of Easter evening, aftermath of Kishinev massacre (April 1903). Published in L'Assiette au Beurre - The Crimes of Tsarism and the Massacres of Kishinev/Chisinau.
    Illustration by Vaclav Hradecky (1865 - 1940) of Easter evening, aftermath of Kishinev massacre (April 1903). Published in L'Assiette au Beurre - The Crimes of Tsarism and the Massacres of Kishinev/Chisinau.
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    Message From a Yiddish Werewolf

    A 1920s epic poem about fear, and Jewish vulnerability, that could have been about 1944—or 2018

    byDara Horn
  • An old synagogue in Birobidzhan.
    An old synagogue in Birobidzhan.
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    Off the Rails in Birobidzhan

    Anything for a vegetable in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Siberia

    byJonathan Arlan
  • Two girls in costume, Siberia, 1920.
    Two girls in costume, Siberia, 1920.
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    Winter Wonderland

    Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever’s 1936 work ‘Siberia’ magically upends a litany of misery for him and his people

    byDara Horn
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    The Loneliest Jewish Graves in the World

    A thousand miles away from the nearest Jewish community, in the far reaches of northeast China, seven Members of the Tribe found their final resting place

    byEdward Luttwak and Aimee Veneau
  • Detail, 'City of Destiny (Covered),' 2007.
    Detail, 'City of Destiny (Covered),' 2007.
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    Orthodox Art Photographer Spy

    The Russian immigrant Anna Shteynshleyger, a formerly observant Jew in the contemporary art world, creates lush, melancholy, Edenic works

    bySamantha M. Shapiro
  • Siberian chremsel
    Siberian chremsel
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    Trans Siberian

    Family recipes traveled from the remote Russian region to Japan, California, and finally Providence, R.I., carrying delicious tastes of the Old Country, including an unusual Passover treat

    byJoan Nathan
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    Dreaming of Tirana

    What if the Jewish homeland had been in Albania?

    byGabriel Sanders
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