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From the blog of Frederick L. Klein at The Times of Israel

Like the letters I’ve read by Yiddish writer Chaim Grade, they expose vulnerabilities, often unwittingly, on the letter writer’s part.

Ethnic Russians today compose around a quarter of the population of Estonia and Latvia and about 5 percent in Lithuania. For the most part, these communities are made up of the descendants of migrants to the Baltics after the Second World War, whom the Soviet authorities deliberately compelled to move there. But in the post-Soviet era, the situation changed significantly. …

Roden talks about preserving the routine during an epidemic and offers beloved Passover seder recipes

Maamoul is made at the end of both Lent and Ramadan, leading up to Easter and Eid al Fitr. But this year, the biscuit is extra sweet as both religions celebrate it at the same time.

Roden talks about preserving the routine during an epidemic and offers simple home recipes for the seder

When vandalism at Lithuania's Ponar Holocaust memorial copies Russian tanks, it accuses the Jewish community of supporting Putin's invasion

From the blog of Stacy Bratt Seltzer at The Times of Israel

A sovereign God reigns not only over His own people, but over pagan nations too.

A sovereign God reigns not only over His own people, but over pagan nations too.