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The Nine Jewish Lives of the Most Literary of Refuseniks
Remembering David Shrayer-Petrov.
Maxim D. Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer is a professor at Boston College and the author, most recently, of the collection Of Politics and Pandemics. His new memoir, Immigrant Baggage, is forthcoming in March 2023.
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The Poets against the Jews
An ex-Soviet writer gets a feeling of déjà vu.
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Vladimir Nabokov’s Faith, and His Converted Jews
Pnin and Penninah.
Observation ·
Podcast: Maxim D. Shrayer on the Moral Obligations and Dilemmas of Russia’s Jewish Leaders
By Maxim D. Shrayer, Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Moral Dilemma of Russian Jewry, and Its Rabbis
Almost every week reports emerge of new outbursts of anti-Jewish prejudice.
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A New Translation of Isaac Babel’s “Awakening”
A teenaged boy skips his violin lessons.
Response ·
Three and a Half Lessons of Jewish-Russian History
By Maxim D. ShrayerIam deeply grateful to the editors of Mosaic for publishing my long essay on today’s Russian Jewry and the three responses to it. It was a special treat to read—and reflect upon—Konstanty Gebert’s...
Monthly Essay ·
The Prospect for Russia’s Jews
By Maxim D. ShrayerOutwardly secure and flourishing, the community is a fraction of its former size and dwindling. What troubles the minds of those who stay?
Observation ·
A Purim “Shpil” in Soviet Moscow
By Maxim D. ShrayerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
Remembering the Mighty Slepak
By Maxim D. ShrayerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
