I had distinct merit and pleasure of spending this past Shabbat with religious immigrants from the former Soviet Union, in the tiny town of Givat Yano’ach…roughly 5km outside of Itamar in Northern Samaria (just south of the main Arab city of Nablus). The town was founded roughly 13 years ago by Alexander Gimburg, who emigrated from Tajikistan (where he worked…as his family originally hails from Ukraine). I asked him why he came to this place and he answered half-jokingly: “Over there I was building socialism…here I’m building Zionism ;)”
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:00:52 +0000
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