Julie Masis is the edi­tor and pub­lish­er of the Russ­ian Boston Gazette, a news­pa­per for Russ­ian-speak­ing immi­grants in Boston. She is also a free­lance jour­nal­ist who has writ­ten exten­sive­ly about Jew­ish his­to­ry. Her sto­ries have been pub­lished in the Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Boston Globe, Chris­t­ian Sci­ence Mon­i­tor, Mon­tre­al Gazette, The Globe and Mail, and in oth­er news­pa­pers and mag­a­zines. Oth­er than jour­nal­ism, she has also taught Eng­lish to Bud­dhist monks in Cam­bo­dia, orga­nized tours to the Khmer Rouge tri­bunal, and is cur­rent­ly learn­ing to ice-skate.