soviet-jewish &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/soviet-jewish/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "soviet-jewish" Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:14:05 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Episode 48: "Soviet-Jewish Alienation within the "Bagel & Lox Culture"]]> http://radio613.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/episode-48-soviet-jewish-alienation-within-the-bagel-lox-culture/ Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:09:58 +0000 radio613 http://radio613.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/episode-48-soviet-jewish-alienation-within-the-bagel-lox-culture/ radio613 interviews Vlada Bilyak – creator of a new documentary entitled ‘Soviet-Jewish Alienation within the “Bagel & Lox Culture.”‘ As Bilyak writes, “[T]his is a short documentary I created exploring my feelings of alienation and authenticity doubts within dominant Jewish culture in North America as a Soviet Jew who emigrated from the former USSR as a child. The documentary contextualizes my experiences within interviews (mostly done on Skype) with other 20-something Soviet Jews and my mother.”

Be sure to watch the documentary on YouTube: part 1 & part 2.

Our interview follows up on the poignant questions and stories  in the documentary about anti-semitism and xenophobia, immigration to North America and the normative culture that exists here.

Click here to listen (right-click to download).

*Vlada is hoping to continue to work on and expand this project and anyone interested in sharing their own Soviet-Jewish story with her is welcome to contact her at vlada.bilyak@gmail.com.  You can also visit Vlada’s Soviet-Jewish tumblr “Ekh Lyuli Lyuli” here.

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