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Tablet In Drohobych 12 Jul
In the text "In Drohobych," the author describes their experiences in Lviv and Drohobych amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In Lviv, the ongoing conflict ...
12 Jul
Tablet Paying Tribute to Paul Celan in Chernivtsi 19 Apr
The text pays homage to the poet Paul Celan and reflects on the impact of the Holocaust. It describes a journalist's encounter with young Germans who had lim...
19 Apr
Tablet The Last Chronicler of a Lost World 29 Feb
Joseph Roth, a Jewish writer born in Brody in 1894, is portrayed as the chronicler of a lost world in the town's historical context. Brody, once a thriving J...
29 Feb
Tablet The Jewish Tolstoy of Berdychiv 12 Dec 2023
This article recounts the author's visit to Berdychiv, Ukraine, the hometown of Vasily Grossman, a renowned Jewish writer. The author explores the town's Hol...
12 Dec 2023
Tablet Jewish Writing During Wartime 1 Nov 2023
This article discusses the experiences of Jewish writers during wartime, focusing on two figures: Sholem Aleichem, a famous Yiddish writer from the late 19th...
1 Nov 2023
Tablet Reading Babel in Odessa During Wartime 13 Sep 2023
The author reflects on reading Isaac Babel's Odessa Stories in Odessa and how it shapes his perception of the city. He observes the similarities between the ...
13 Sep 2023
Tablet Escape From Mariupol 22 Mar 2023
Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, led to a massacre of Jews in the city of Mariupol. Elvira Borts, a 6-year-old Jewish g...
22 Mar 2023
Tablet The Photograph That Will Stop the War in Ukraine 13 Oct 2022
The article tells the story of Maks Levin, a war photographer who was killed by Russian soldiers during the war in Ukraine. Maks had initially been reluctant...
13 Oct 2022
Tablet Reclaiming Jewish Life After the Nightmare of Communism 21 Jan 2020
In the aftermath of the fall of communism in 1989, Jewish communities in Soviet satellite states such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, East Germa...
21 Jan 2020
Tablet My Hanukkah in Hell 24 Dec 2019
In 1989, during the fall of the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu in Romania, a journalist reflects on his experience attempting to cover the events during Hanukkah...
24 Dec 2019