Sofya Sara Esther Tamarkin

Elina had a typical Soviet childhood, immersed in an atheist culture with little understanding of her Jewish identity.

I was particularly inspired by the Jewish take on the importance of a positive mindset.

I searched for a long time but was unable to locate a picture because we didn’t remember the exact date of the trip.

Growing up in the former Soviet Union, I spent my summers at our family dacha, a simple vacation home on the Volga River. As a little girl, I loved sitting on the green grass of a beautiful field covered with dandelions. These yellow flowers resembled tin...

Thanks to the Raichmans, we received special kosher meals, delivered to us by boat.

How can I use these cold and dark winter months to spiritually soar?

In 1981, when Yana was 17 years old, her family immigrated to Philadelphia from the former Soviet Union. She met her future husband, Zach, in 1990 in an organic chemistry class, and they married a year later. Unlike Yana, who was raised in a Communist ath...

Unexpectedly, Alan started to feel sick.

Some real-life stories are even more beautiful than fairy tales because they hold a spark of intrinsic truth within them.

My childhood could not have been more different from that of Nissim Black.