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    russia & soviet union

    Cover of An Extra Seat
    Chil­dren’s
    An Extra Seat
    Shmuel Herzfeld
    Essay

    Exo­dus

    Ann Komaro­mi
    June 22, 2017
    Essay

    Friends From Abroad

    Ann Komaro­mi
    June 21, 2017
    Essay

    It’s Per­son­al

    Ann Komaro­mi
    June 20, 2017
    Cover of "We Are Jews Again": Jewish Activism in the Soviet Union
    Non­fic­tion
    “We Are Jews Again”: Jew­ish Activism in the Sovi­et Union
    Yuli Kosharovsky; Stefani Hoffman, trans.; Ann Komaromi, ed. & intro.
    Interview

    Inter­view: Sana Krasikov

    with Dalia Wolf­sonSana Krasikov, win­ner of the 2009 Sami Rohr Prize for Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture, pub­lished her first nov­el in Jan­u­ary. The Patri­ots explores the…
    Dalia Wolf­son
    June 12, 2017
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    Non­fic­tion
    Sovi­et Daugh­ter: A Graph­ic Revolution
    Julia Alek­seye­va
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    Non­fic­tion
    The House of Government
    Yuri Slezkine
    Cover of Gorbachev
    Non­fic­tion
    Gor­bachev
    William Taub­man
    Cover of On the Sickle's Edge
    Fic­tion
    On the Sick­le’s Edge
    Neville D. Frankel
    Interview

    David Bez­mozgis on Turn­ing His Short Sto­ry, ​“Natasha,” into a Film

    Ranen Omer-Sher­man
    April 25, 2017
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    Turned Inside Out: Read­ing the Russ­ian Nov­el in Prison
    Steven Shankman
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: Turned Inside Out

    Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinI was so tak­en with the con­tent of Steven Shankman’s Turned Inside Out: Read­ing the Russ­ian Nov­el in Prison I almost failed to notice the book…
    Nat Bern­stein
    December 1, 2016
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    Non­fic­tion
    Where the Jews Aren’t
    Masha Gessen
    Cover of 1915 Diary of S. A. An-sky: A Russian Jewish Writer at the Eastern Front
    Non­fic­tion
    1915 Diary of S. A. An-sky: A Russ­ian Jew­ish Writer at the East­ern Front
    S. A. An-sky; Polly Zavadivker, trans.
    Essay

    On Writ­ing Cat­a­stro­phe: Jew­ish Chron­i­clers of War in 20th-Cen­tu­ry Russia

    Pol­ly Zavadi­vk­er is the edi­tor and trans­la­tor of the recent­ly pub­lished 1915 Diary of S. An-sky: A Russ­ian Jew­ish Writer at the East­ern Front. She is blog­ging…
    Pol­ly Zavadivker
    April 18, 2016
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