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Photo: Rinat Nazmetdinov The door-to-door census hasn’t been conducted in Turkey for many years already — it is only electronic. Moreover, citizens of the country aren’t asked questions about their nationality, mother tongue and religion. Foreigners are counted separately. Consul General of the Turkish Republic in Kazan İsmet Erikan told Realnoe Vremya’s correspondent in an interview within our online newspaper’s special project dedicated to the Russian Census. The diplomat talked about Russian fiancees in his country, the Tatar diaspora and the problem of refugees. The interlocuto...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Credit: My Jewish Learning A few years ago, we hosted some friends for Shabbat … and after we returned from shul on Saturday evening, our guest made an unusual request.  He asked if he could call his mother and recite havdala for her. Of course, I obliged.  His father — who had recited h...

Marienbad & Beyond Published by David Leitner, $29.95, 536 pp The small town of Marienbad, once a part of the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic, earned its place in Yiddish literature thanks to a satirical piece by Sholem Aleichem in which he poked fun at nouveau-riche Warsaw Jews who imitated the aristocratic custom of spending summers at spa resorts in order to enjoy its healing mineral waters. Before World War I, Marienbad was a popular resort for the highest rank of society. In 1907, the English king Edward VII and the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph had their so-called ...

Jewish Queen Alexandra We revere Queen Esther deservedly but too often overlook another queen, this one who ruled Judah, Queen Salome Alexandra (Hebrew -Shalaziyyon) whose rule was not simply outstanding, but whose rule likely dramatically altered history in saving Judaism as we know it. Alexandra (141-67 BCE) was the wife of the first Maccabean ruler Aristobolus l (and later wife of his brother Alexander Jannaeus) to become king since the fall of the First Temple. Her accomplishments were nothing less than extraordinary, and she entered upon the scene of Jewish history beginning with her mar...