Old Photos: Soviet Jews in 1959
Life Magazine, December 7, 1959. “New Agony for Russian Jews”.
The following photos are a rare sight – for the first 18 years of my life I haven’t seen a praying Jew; partly because most of the people I knew were not religious (at least not known to be religious); partly because all but one synagogue in my city were not functioning (one was a gym, another one housed some archives and who knows what else); partly because openly practicing a religion and especially Judaism which has visual attributes (head cover, facial hair) was not compatible with having a career and sometimes a job.
Continue reading →Green Borscht
Green Borscht is a delicious soup made of spinach, scallions, sour cream, hard-boiled eggs and potatoes. I am not sure why it’s called “borscht” since the only common ingredient with the red borscht is potatoes. Notice home baked (by me) rye bread on the side.
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and here is some related SNL when it still was funny
Update: NBC a-holes removed the video from YouTube, it can still be seen here.I Went All Red…
…still waiting for the women.
Continue reading →Old Photos: Kansas City 1945
Life Magazine photographer Hans Wild traveled through Kansas City in 1945, while collecting materials for the article about the Missouri Valley. These images didn’t get published.
Continue reading →Behind the Iron Curtain: Cosmonautics Day
April 12 is the 47th anniversary of the first successful manned space flight. April 12 is celebrated as the Cosmonautics Day.
Just remember who was there first.
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