The Secret to our Survival

A couple years ago, the Wall Street Journal published a heartwarming article, titled "The Shul That Rose From the Ashes," written by Josh Nass. In it, he describes his grandfather's childhood in Malakhovka, a suburb of Moscow, and his eventual emigration to America in 1972 after surviving the horrible persecutions of pogroms, the Holocaust, and the communist government's attempts to stifle Jewish observance.

Josh recalled, "Speaking only Yiddish, he took the first job he could land. His most ardent wish was for his three children to be raised with a Jewish education and values - something impossible in Russia. He eventually lived to see his hopes fulfilled. All of the next generations in our family received a Jewish education."