Michael Dorfman

Michael Dorfman (Ukrainian: Мiхаель Дорфман, Russian: Михаэль Дорфман Hebrew: מיכאל דורפמן) (born 17 September 1954) is a writer, essayist, journalist, human rights activist and activist of the Yiddish culture revivalist movement.

Michael Dorfman
Dorfman in 2010
Born	(1954-09-17) 17 September 1954 (age 69) Lviv, Ukraine, USSR
Citizenship	USA, Israel^[citation needed]

Career

He was an activist of the Yiddish culture revivalist movement among Russian Jewry.^[1] Dorfman published three books and roughly 150 articles about the Yiddish Culture revivalist movement. He is an organizer of many festivals and cultural events in Russia and Ukraine.

He was first published in the Russian-Israeli magazine Kroog (The Circle) in 1983. Dorfman later worked as the publisher and chief-editor of the Russian-Israeli newspapers Negev and Aspects between 1992 and 1999. He pioneered print journalism for local Russian-speaking communities.^[2]

In 1994, Dorfman established the NGO LaMerkhav ('At large' in Hebrew) which dealt with abuse, violence, and discrimination in Israeli public schools. Projects included a hotline for children, the Center for Monitoring Child Abuse, and support groups for schoolchildren who were victims of hate-motivated violence. LaMerkhav conducted unique projects for developing community leadership for young people^[3]

In 1999, he led an initiative with the Russian Panthers^{[4][unreliable source?]} that turned Israel's public attention to the problems and racism faced by Russian children in public schools.^{[5][unreliable source?]}

In 2000–2009, he contributed to human rights and social justice groups in Israel and territories under Israeli occupation.

Texts by Dorfman are recommended in the Russian Jewish Schools Network.^[6]

Books

• Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Холокост – это смешно? ISBN 978-5-17-053210-0, Second edition ISBN 978-5-9713-8228-7, ISBN 978-5-903925-03-2, ISBN 978-5-226-01028-6
• Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Свастика в Иерусалиме ISBN 978-5-17-053211-7, Second edition ISBN 978-5-9713-8229-4, 978-5-903925-07-0, Third edition ISBN 978-5-226-00776-7
• Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Холокост – это смешно? ISBN 978-5-17-055185-9, Second edition ISBN 978-5-9713-9695-6, 978-5-903925-10-0, 978-5-226-01029-3

References

1. "МУЗЫКА ИДИШКАЙТА 2005–2007". lechaim.ru. from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
2. . www.nrg.co.il (in Hebrew). 3 April 2000. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
3. Moshe Zunder (26 May 2000). [There Are Russian Panthers] (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
4. "The racism raging at Beersheva schools". from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
5. Lili Galili. "Like the Black Panthers, but more refined". from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
6. "texts Michael Dorfman in The Jewish Education Network". from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

Further reading

• Biography published in the book Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Холокост – это смешно? ISBN 978-5-17-053210-0 ACT, Moscow, 2008
• Biography, Quarterly review Nota Bene, issue 18 Jerusalem 2006.
• , Moscow.