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Keeping Secrets

Not every Soviet Jew was a “Jew by DNA.” Olga Shmuylovich grew up in a family that secretly kept some Jewish customs and traditions. Even the family’s annual trip to visit the graves of her grandparents was done surreptitiously.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Keeping Secrets." (Viewed on December 25, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/keeping-secrets>.