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January 27, 2003

Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, has been busy on the space shuttle Columbia, overseeing 80 experiments. He has, however, had time to talk with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and to wonder at how thin and fragile the planet’s atmosph

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In Chernovtsy, unlike most places in the former Soviet Union, Yiddish is not just a distant memory. As one of the birthplaces of Yiddish as a recognized Jewish language, Chernovtsy has clung to its heritage. Though Yiddish usage in the city has dwindled,

Today, Chernovtsy is a fading Ukranian town with streets that stay dark at night and a Jewish community that has dipped to 3,000 members. But for nearly 150 years, it was “Little Vienna,” a provincial capital in the Austro-Hungarian Empire wi

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