New York

Having been involved in institution-building in the Russian-speaking community for some time, I am compelled to suggest an alternative viewpoint to Steve Lipman’s article, “New Generation Of Russian Jews Now Making Its Mark,” July 13. While more recognition of growing Russian-speaking presence in American Jewish world is useful and important, our community is way more […]

Who would want to go to Africa in June? The American Jewish World Service, that’s who, and the 30 people, myself included, who — despite three connecting flights, the height of the rainy season, and temperatures in the 80s — signed up for its Liberian study tour.  AJWS isn’t about feel-good tourism (though we stayed […]