For thousands of Jews scattered around the world, moving to Israel is not emigration, not leaving home, but on the contrary – returning home. One could consider this often-heard statement beautiful…
The fifth point of any questionnaire (nationality) in Soviet times caused the greatest difficulties for a substantial part of our compatriots. Write 'Jew' in this line – and the path to a prestigious…
From the time of Turkish rule to the present day, only religious marriages are performed in Israel, in accordance with the laws of the country's existing religions. Marriage and divorce for Jews can…
Psychologists have long noted that a person entering a foreign cultural environment initially experiences complete euphoria, which soon gives way to an emotional downturn. They have named this…
A cute little girl has been talking on her cell phone for about forty minutes, not forgetting (when the bus skids on curves) to carefully hold a machine gun on her lap. A visiting tourist from Kyiv…
Roughly a tenth of America's population are emigrants or descendants of emigrants from the former Soviet Union. Among them are celebrities and ordinary people, hard workers and the unemployed, rich…
To get to know Jerusalem, you need to wander through the Old City on your own, without a guide. Jerusalem values unhurriedness and solitude. You may ask, what solitude can there be when thousands of…
Our selfless attachment to this country is akin to an illness. She is our unrequited passion, cynically using our desire for her, pocketing money for failed visas. Oh, if only we could forget her…
The life of American society is in no way regulated by national traditions as we understand them. The national in America is a curiosity, an atavism, a manifestation of inertia and even laziness. A…
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service commissioned Dr. Robert SCHOLES to conduct a study on who, why, in what numbers, and how enters into mixed marriages in the United States. Dr. Scholes…