Michael Dorfman
Encyclopedia
Michael Dorfman (born 17 September 1954, Lviv
, Ukrainian SSR
, USSR) is a Jewish writer
, essayist, journalist
, and human rights
activist. Revivalist of the Yiddish culture among the Russian Jews.
Dorfman issued more than 300 essays and articles in Israel
, Russia
, U.S.
, Germany
, Belgium
, Poland
, Holland and Ukraine
. Dorfman writes mostly in Russian
.
In 1992–1999 - publisher and chief-editor of Russian-Israeli newspapers Negev and Aspects – pioneer of printed journalism for local Russian-speaking communities.
1994-2001 – contributed investigations to Israeli mass media for relevant topics, affecting the Russian émigré community, such as organized crime
, inequality
in workplace, housing
, narcotics related problems, military draft, children’s advocacy, human trafficking
, and rights of sex workers. Freelanced for various Russian and European mass media
.
In 1994 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, Center for Monitoring Child Abuse, support groups for schoolchildren – victims of hate motivated violence. LaMerkhav also conducted unique projects for developing community leadership for the youth.
In 1999 he led an action Russian Panthers against Racism that turned attention of Israeli public to the problems of Russian émigré children in public schools.
From 2001 Dorfman worked in USA and contributed to the movement for the revival of Yiddish culture among Russian Jews. In 2001-2006 Dorfman wrote various essays that were published in The Jews and the life and The Jewish thesaurus (in print).
From 2004 Dorfman contributed essays to the literary monthlies Nota Bene (Jerusalem, Israel
), Lebed (Boston
, MA http://www.lebed.com), Unipress (Denver, CO http://russdenver.www6.50megs.com), Ami (St. Petersburg, Russia
http://jew.spb.ru/ami/), Scepsis ( Moscow
, Russia http://scepsis.ru) TryPress Moldova
http://press.try.md/ etc.
In 2009 Dorfman published 3 books “Jews and Life” by the largest Russian publish home ACT (Moscow).
Dorfman was born in Lviv
(USSR) in region Galicia in Western Ukraine . In the 1970s he emigrated to Israel. He now lives in Long Island
.
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
, USSR) is a Jewish writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, essayist, journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, and human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
activist. Revivalist of the Yiddish culture among the Russian Jews.
Dorfman issued more than 300 essays and articles in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Holland and Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. Dorfman writes mostly in Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
.
In 1992–1999 - publisher and chief-editor of Russian-Israeli newspapers Negev and Aspects – pioneer of printed journalism for local Russian-speaking communities.
1994-2001 – contributed investigations to Israeli mass media for relevant topics, affecting the Russian émigré community, such as organized crime
Organized crime
Organized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are...
, inequality
Economic inequality
Economic inequality comprises all disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income. The term typically refers to inequality among individuals and groups within a society, but can also refer to inequality among countries. The issue of economic inequality is related to the ideas of...
in workplace, housing
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
, narcotics related problems, military draft, children’s advocacy, human trafficking
Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...
, and rights of sex workers. Freelanced for various Russian and European mass media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
.
In 1994 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, Center for Monitoring Child Abuse, support groups for schoolchildren – victims of hate motivated violence. LaMerkhav also conducted unique projects for developing community leadership for the youth.
In 1999 he led an action Russian Panthers against Racism that turned attention of Israeli public to the problems of Russian émigré children in public schools.
From 2001 Dorfman worked in USA and contributed to the movement for the revival of Yiddish culture among Russian Jews. In 2001-2006 Dorfman wrote various essays that were published in The Jews and the life and The Jewish thesaurus (in print).
From 2004 Dorfman contributed essays to the literary monthlies Nota Bene (Jerusalem, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
), Lebed (Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, MA http://www.lebed.com), Unipress (Denver, CO http://russdenver.www6.50megs.com), Ami (St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
http://jew.spb.ru/ami/), Scepsis ( Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia http://scepsis.ru) TryPress Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
http://press.try.md/ etc.
In 2009 Dorfman published 3 books “Jews and Life” by the largest Russian publish home ACT (Moscow).
Dorfman was born in Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
(USSR) in region Galicia in Western Ukraine . In the 1970s he emigrated to Israel. He now lives in Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
.
Published books
- Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Холокост - это смешно? ISBN 978-5-17-053210-0, 978-5-9713-8228-7, 978-5-903925-03-2, 978-5-226-01028-6
- Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Свастика в Иерусалиме ISBN 978-5-17-053211-7, 978-5-9713-8229-4, 978-5-903925-07-0, 978-5-226-00776-7
- Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Холокост - это смешно? ISBN 978-5-17-055185-9, 978-5-9713-9695-6, 978-5-903925-10-0, 978-5-226-01029-3
Some publication
- See Selected publications (in Russian)
- Pics
- Michael Dorfman's Essentials (author's selected texts online)
- Dorfman's private blog
- Liberal Israel - Dorfman's blog about politics and social life
- Apikoires in Russian Blog about religious affairs)
- Soviet Judaica