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    Items with the category:

    Soviet Jewry

    Essay

    The Female Jew­ish Snipers Who Inspired ​“The Night Sparrow”

    Shelly Sanders
    July 2, 2025
    Cover of Go On Pretending
    Fic­tion
    Go On Pretending
    Ali­na Adams
    Fiction—From the Journal

    Our Aunt of the West

    Basia Wino­grad
    April 25, 2025
    Cover of The Collaborators
    Fic­tion
    The Col­lab­o­ra­tors
    Michael Idov
    Cover of Mr. Katz and Me
    Chil­dren’s
    Mr. Katz and Me
    Marc Kornblatt; Nanette Regan, illus.
    Essay

    From Man­del­stam to Moth­er Doll

    Katya Apekina
    April 30, 2024
    Cover of Your Presence Is Mandatory
    Fic­tion
    Your Pres­ence Is Mandatory
    Sasha Vasi­lyuk
    Essay

    Grow­ing up in the Shad­ow of a Secret

    Sasha Vasi­lyuk
    April 22, 2024
    Cover of A Cold War Exodus: How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews
    Non­fic­tion
    A Cold War Exo­dus: How Amer­i­can Activists Mobi­lized to Free Sovi­et Jews
    Shaul Kel­ner
    Cover of The Jewish Underground of Samarkand: How Faith Defied Soviet Rule
    Non­fic­tion
    The Jew­ish Under­ground of Samarkand: How Faith Defied Sovi­et Rule
    Hil­lel Zaltzman
    Essay

    Moscow, Mar­riage, and Mur­der: Writ­ing a Cold War Thriller

    Paul Gold­berg
    June 5, 2023
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    Non­fic­tion
    Here We Are All Jews: 175 Russ­ian — Jew­ish Journeys
    Jonathan Porath
    Cover of The Light of Seven Days
    Fic­tion
    The Light of Sev­en Days
    Riv­er Adams
    Cover of Bone Weaver
    Fic­tion
    Bone Weaver
    Aden Poly­doros
    Cover of How the Soviet Jew Was Made
    Non­fic­tion
    How the Sovi­et Jew Was Made
    Sasha Senderovich
    Essay

    The Ques­tion of ​‘A Vis­it to Moscow’

    Anna Olswanger
    May 23, 2022
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