tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061253354444750060.post6580734289556396388..comments2020-10-02T22:12:09.399-04:00Comments on JDC Ambassadors - philanthropy that changes lives: Briefing from Asher Ostrin, Executive Director of Former Soviet Union ProgramsJDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09321797051919312898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061253354444750060.post-9488185598307113902009-06-28T22:37:43.777-04:002009-06-28T22:37:43.777-04:00Thank you for bringing up some vivid memories. My ...Thank you for bringing up some vivid memories. My parents' home in Moscow was always filled with those smuggled books. Moscow Jews were particularly impressed with books and journals published overseas by recent emigres whom they had known back in Russia, which made them feel involved in a global conversation before the age of internet. (One such emigre journal that was a big hit among Moscow intelligentsia and is now undeservedly forgotten was Vremya i my [Time and Us], published by the late Viktor Perelman first in Tel-Aviv and later in New York.)<br /><br />Dmitri Glinski, NYCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com