Anna Abramzon, at The Blogs

Apr 21, 2022, 7:21 AM

Chicago to Mariupol: A network rescues Ukrainians

Pavel's team evacuates children from hot zone in Ukraine. March 14, 2022

For Many Soviet immigrants in America, the War in Ukraine is “Go Time” One morning in 1990, when I was 8 years old, I got out of bed and doubled over in pain. I looked down to find a marble-sized...

Mar 14, 2022, 5:41 AM

Ukraine and “Us”– It’s Complicated

Portrait of Volodymyr Zelensky by Anna Abramzon

Growing up in Soviet era Ukraine, it was crystal clear to me that I was not Ukrainian. I had many things in common with my classmates and neighbors. We looked alike, wore the same school uniforms, spoke the same...

Feb 25, 2022, 7:29 PM

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Bombs over my hometown

Self Portrait in Soviet School Uniform by Anna Abramzon

When you take your kids to soccer practice this weekend, remember that Ukrainian kids played soccer last weekend. Don't look away - that's how the dictator wins

Jun 1, 2021, 6:56 PM

Democrats, don’t lose me

Anna Abramzon at 2017 Women's March in Washington DC

I have always been a progressive. In November of 2016, devastated by Trump’s victory, I booked a flight to DC for the Women’s March long before the movement spread to cities all over the world. That whirlwind weekend of...

About Me

Anna Abramzon is an artist based in Los Angeles. Her work explores the intersection of contemporary figurative painting and traditional Judaica. She is also a blogger on issues of soviet Jewry, Israel, and Jewish lifestyle.