Category Archives: history

ReWriting History

Posted on July 20, 2007 by moonbridgebooks

The Wall Street Journal had a July 6 article entitled “A Do-Over for Russian History?” which exposed that in Russia a new manual for teachers of students in their final year of high school retells events of the past sixty … Continue reading →

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Rachel Calof’s Story

Posted on August 13, 2006 by moonbridgebooks

Rachel Calof was a Russian Jew who traveled to America to an arranged marriage in rural North Dakota. In the 1930’s, when she was in her sixties, she wrote her story in Yiddish, looking back on her rough life on … Continue reading →

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