A few years back we launched Jewlicious.ru, a sort of Russian language version of Jewlicious. Why? Because clearly I had too much free time on my hands, and the devil will find work for idle hands to...
Tag - Russians
What’s Clinton’s angle here?
From TheLand: Former United States president Bill Clinton came under fire from Russian-born Israeli politicians on Wednesday, a day after he told the media that the Russian immigrant population in...
A lil’ Russian Israeli literature for your Shabbat
I get sent links from Dina Rubina on an almost daily basis, because all the Russian Jewish ladies read Dina Rubina. Â (By the way, that biography of her is horribly translated.) In Israel via both...
B’Atzlecha to Israel’s Olympic Teamsky.
As I tweeted, The Olympic Committee of Israel announced yesterday that the sibling ice dancing pair of Roman and Alexandra Zaretsky would represent the country at next month’s Winter Olympics...
HIAS Hero ruins my life (and my novel)
So, you know how ck recently had a post about the UJC Community Heroes?  I’m over it. You know why? A certain Genia Brin. Not only is she the mother of Sergey Brin, who I totally could...
Hot Russians invade the Knesset (no, it’s not me this time...
Every time I am in a majority-Jewish setting, such as in a synagogue, an Israel event, or TJ MaXX when they are having their 50% off sale, I get the feeling that other people don’t think that...