“Russia”
Pedagogy
My Hunger for Knowledge Was Immense: On Learning and Teaching Yiddish
Kolya Borodulin
Borodulin’s acceptance speech for the 2019 Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish Prize, in which he outlines how he came to find a passion for Yiddish language instruction.
Feb 03, 2020
Blog
"Himl un Erd: Artifacts, Imagination, and Speculative Russian Jewish Pasts and Futures"
Yaakov Lipsker
Lipsker reviews Yevgeniy Fiks's exhibition Himl un Erd, a project that boldly probes the connections between Russian-Jewish history and the Soviet space-exploration projects.
Dec 14, 2018
Blog
Before Birobidzhan
Yevgeniy Fiks
Yevgeniy Fiks visits Birobidzhan, and refuses nostalgia and mourning on his return.
May 07, 2018
Blog
Diocese of Birobidzhan
Yevgeniy Fiks
Yevgeniy Fiks looks at Birobidzhan's (Christian) present.
May 07, 2018
Text & Translation
ייִדישע קינסטלער אין דער הײַנטיקער רוסישער קונסט
Jewish Artists in Contemporary Russian Art
Henryk Berlewi
Translation by Rachel Field
Henryk Berlewi's 1922 essay on Jewish art in Russia, published in Milgroym.
Feb 05, 2018
Review
“The Worst Good Idea Ever”? The Birobidzhan Project and Soviet Jewish Culture
Natalie Belsky
Masha Gessen's new book explores the history of the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan through the story of David Bergelson and Simon Dubnow, whose thought and writing influenced its development.
Jun 26, 2017
Blog
Jews in the Archives: A Conversation with Gennady Estraikh
Sarah Ellen Zarrow
Gennady Estraikh speaks with Managing Editor Sarah Ellen Zarrow about the groundbreaking project “A Comprehensive History of the Jews of the Soviet Union,” a seven-year initiative led by researchers in NYU’s Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.
May 26, 2016