Post Soviet Era

Fresh snow covers the ground, thinking I’m too young to know. On the other side of the pit four Russians dressed like railroad or construction workers look me up and down. I try not to look back.

I suppose every twenty-year-old should have an eighty-eight-year-old friend

From an address by the Rebbe, November 1989 (free translation) What is most miraculous about what is happening in the world today is that it is all being carried out peacefully --something which has never happened before in the history of man. In ...

His one hand held a wooden cane, the other somehow was suddenly on my shoulder. "Can you davven?" he whispered

A conversation in Russian. Through your newspaper, you must reach out to every Jew and encourage them to increase their observance of Torah and Mitzvot. Teach them about the commandment of charity.

Jewish artifacts and property were stolen and stored away by the Soviet Government. Now changes are sweeping across Russia, and this should make it easier to retrieve what has been lost.

Misha is still sullen, taciturn and lost in thought. A life spent as an officer in the Soviet army has left him numb to ritual. Yet something drew him to this place . . .

May G-d help you to do “more than your best” in providing for the special needs of the Russian Jews who can finally leave the Soviet Union.

I was looking forward to what promised to be a new and fascinating experience. And Dnepropetrovsk isn't just any European city—it is the city where the Rebbe spent much of his childhood...

The entire notion of this wedding was surreal – actually, unthinkable. Over 2,000 people from around the world had flown into Moscow to celebrate a Jewish wedding, aided by the Russian authorities.