Belarus Jewish community holds memorial for Kirk Douglas, its most famous descendant Douglas was born in New York state to Yiddish-speaking Jewish parents from the Mogilev region of Belarus.
In Belarus, some Jews don’t mind a dictator They enjoy less freedom but more stability and security than in some of the region’s chaotic democracies — but there are fears, too.
This Holocaust monument in Belarus is haunting — and subversive Designed by a Jewish architect when state anti-Semitism was unofficial policy, the Khatyn complex features a rare depiction of individual grief amid Soviet pomposity.
