Misha Vilenchuk, at The Blogs

Apr 25, 2016, 7:44 AM

Celebrating Freedom: Channeling the Refuseniks in America

Katya, Alex and I exchange anecdotes after Dima recounts the maggid. In the small apartment more than twenty Russian-speaking Jews cram around the Seder table, complimented by bottles of vodka. For some, the Passover celebration is a first. This is...

Apr 4, 2016, 6:52 AM

#SolidarityHavdalah: Calling All Jewish Students

My fellow students, I call on us to recognize that we face an unprecedented threat. I call on us to recognize that the incidents facing us on campuses are not isolated - they are part of the torrent of global...

Jan 12, 2016, 7:10 AM

Appropriating the Holocaust

After my Baltics program ended, a few friends and I decided to follow up with Fania Yocheles Brantsovsky. We had met the 93-year-old World War II partisan hero earlier in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. We hoped she would...

About Me

Misha Vilenchuk is in his final year at Brandeis University pursuing degrees in Russian, Judaic Studies, and History. He is the founder and president of the CAASE: Coalition Against Anti-Semitism in Europe. Misha is also a chess enthusiast; he is the reigning Greater Boston Chess Co-Champion.