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How to avoid meteors

NASA scientists say that meteor explosions like the one last week injuring 1,200 people in Chelyabinsk, Siberia, are 100-year events. The last time a big meteor crashed into our planet, incinerating 80 million trees in the Tunguska region of Siberia, was in 1908. So if you’re feeling a bit panicky after Chelyabinsk, relax. Odds are it’ll be a century before something like that happens again – though it’s understandable if you decide to cross the Trans-Siberian railroad off your bucket list.

Can Natan Sharansky fix the Western Wall?

He brought unprecedented attention to the plight of Soviet Jewry. He stood up to the KGB. He survived nine years in Siberia. He served in Israel’s fractious government.

Siberian mikvah is dedicated

A new mikvah to replace one destroyed by the Soviets was dedicated in the Siberian community of Tomsk, Russia.

First Person – Granny and Sharansky

When my friends Cami and Howard Gordon invited me to an informal dinner with guest speaker Natan Sharansky at their Pacific Palisades home, my first thought was, \”Oh, good, I get to see their new house.\”

To Simcha, With Love

The very word Siberia evokes a cold, distant place — it\’s so, well, Soviet. But Siberia just got a little warmer and a little more Jewish because of San Fernando Valley resident Elaine Berke, who arranged for the b\’nai mitzvah of 61 Siberian Jews ranging in age from 12 to 26.

Haven of Refuge

Jews have been migrating to Siberia from all over the continent for several centuries, lured by Siberia\’s relative isolation and, sometimes, the promise of wealth.

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