The narrator, a young boy prone to lying, befriends Mark Borgman, the top student in their class. Mark invites the narrator to his wealthy home, where his fa...

Leo Tolstoy's views on sexual desire and its impact on spirituality are explored in his writings, particularly in works like Anna Karenina and The Kreutzer S...

The author recounts a visit from their Israeli great-uncle Munia in 1987. Munia had a fascinating background as a left-wing socialist, speaker of Arabic, ath...

This text is a personal narrative about a Jewish-Ukrainian friendship that develops between two families on a crowded beach in Ladispoli, Italy. The narrator...

The author reflects on the negative treatment of Russian identity in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Putin's regime. He discusses instances of anti...

The jewdle, also known as the der Speyerer Judenhund, was originally bred in Jewish communities in the Rhine Valley in the 12th century. They were created as...

The text is a personal narrative recounting the author's experience at the Yelets Women's High School in Moscow in the late 1980s. The author's family had be...

The author shares two stories about visiting Venice, one from 35 years ago and one more recent, both involving misadventures and delays. Despite the challeng...

The author reflects on his experiences with Russian-language periodicals in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s, specifically noting the ...

This text is a personal account of the author's experience navigating the bureaucratic process of collecting royalties from their Russian publishers during t...