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There are not so many villages in Belarus that have not only a solid age, but also a tangible historical value. Gorval is definitely one of ...

Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.

From the blog of Grant Arthur Gochin at The Times of Israel

From the blog of Grant Arthur Gochin at The Times of Israel

When 18th-century writers railed against emerging trends of piety which they saw as misguided, they could not refer to these whippersnappers by the lofty appellation “hassidim.”

My experiences in Jewish Vilnius and Riga on the ground, although brief, gave me an extraordinary opportunity to discover meaningful aspects of Jewish life in both places.

In the absence of 99% of my mother and father's family, all murdered by the Nazis in World War II Holocaust, I was deprived of my family roots.

AMHERST — An acclaimed documentary about Avrom Sutzkever, who the New York Times called “the greatest poet of the Holocaust,” will screen at the Amherst Cinema on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m.“Ver Vet Blaybn?” (Who Will Remain?) tells the story of...

The Center for Community Education (CCE) at the Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy (BCHA) of Connecticut is sponsoring a scholar weekend with writer, author and Jewish educator Raizi Chechik this Shabbat, November 12, at Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford.

From the blog of Grant Arthur Gochin at The Times of Israel