Somewhere in Between: A Look at the American Russian-Speaking Jewish Experience

Somewhere in Between: A Look at the American Russian-Speaking Jewish Experience

On a gray weekday afternoon, on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk in Brooklyn, the rhythmic clatter of dominoes on plastic tables mingles with the scent of fresh pirozhki and the soft murmur of Russian spoken with a Brooklyn lilt. Down the street, a synagogue hosts Torah classes in three languages -- English, Russian, and Hebrew -