Simhat Torah: Russian-Jewish stories about the holiday - excerpt
Rabbi Jonathan Porath didn’t make countless trips to Russia. He counted them – 175 trips from 1965 through 2019. The following is an excerpt from his book centered primarily on Simhat Torah.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ‘Hanukkah in Siberia’ winter festival in Tumen, Siberia, December 1995.(photo credit: Courtesy)ByJONATHAN PORATH