Israeli Novy God? What a Russian Holiday can Teach Israelis

New Year (Novy God) celebration among young Russian Israelis

It describes and interprets two episodes of the New Year's Eve (Novy God) celebrations organized by these 1.5ers in Israel in 2015 and 2016 ...

Israel Novy God | From the Vault

In the Soviet Union however, items intended for the celebration of Christmas and Hanukah were rare (if they existed at all) and the holiday that ...

In Israel, Hanukkah, Christmas and Novy God Signal A Month Of ...

An Israeli Novy God celebration is set for December 28 in Ramat Gan. Novy God, the Russian phrase for New Year, is a secular, nonreligious ...

Russian Comfort Food is Making a Comeback in Israel | The Nosher

“In the last three years, Novy God has become popular in Israel,” said Gitcelter. The Israeli media cover the holiday with growing frequency ...

Israel warms up to New Year\'s, Soviet-style - The Herald-Times

"Novy God," Russian for New Year\'s, was the only ... Israeli social workers to teach them the symbolic significance of Novy God. ... Israel\'s most successful ...

Young Russian-Israelis return to roots with motherland-style New ...

They're calling it the Israeli Novy God, in an effort to introduce the traditionally secular, family-friendly holiday to Israelis, with a ...

Why are Russian Jews celebrating New Year in Israel accused of ...

Russian term for New Year — Novy God — has even entered the Israeli Hebrew vocabulary. ... It can be read as just a national holiday and ...

The Holiday of Holidays: It's not just Hanukkah! - Adults - Beth Tzedec

Besides Hannukah, the people of Israel also celebrate Novy God, a Russian Israeli New Year celebration, and Sigd, a unique tradition of the ...

Russian comfort food is making a comeback in Israel

“In the last three years, Novy God has become popular in Israel,” Gitcelter said. The Israeli media cover the holiday with growing frequency ...

Neither Russian nor Israeli: Lessons from a journey to the homeland

“We're Jews,” they said, as they set out for a Novy God party on December 31st with Santa hats on their heads. Born in Israel to parents ...

Новый Год / Novy God (Russian New Year Celebration)

Since the celebration is nonreligious, it is celebrated by many Israeli Jews who are first- or second-generation Russian immigrants. Novy God ...

Israel's Russian Wave, Thirty Years Later - Mosaic Magazine

“We didn't have the 17,000 holidays that Israelis have,” as Alex Rif put it. “We celebrated birthdays and Novy God.” Under Communism, Novy God ...

Novy God holiday enchants Israelis with Soviet new year festivities

After years of misunderstanding and rejection of the Soviet holiday, Novy God has become as Israeli as any other of the beloved traditions brought to the ...

Life, death, and afterlife in Israel's society Title of the podcast episode

Something interesting I found about the Russian Jewish culture, is that they celebrate a holiday called Novy God. ... For the last item I will share the “Russian” ...

Remembering the Survivors - Tiferet Yeshua

“Novy God”, the Russian New Year celebration, is the most important and sentimental holiday for Russian Jews. ... Israel, physically and ...

A Christmas journey part 11: Granpa Frost & Snowflake

... Russians celebrate Christmas, how can they be Jewish? ... Citizens of the Soviet Union infused Novy God with the traditional symbols of Russian ...

The Prime Minister of Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, conveyed holiday greetings to him and to the citizens of...

Israelis Get Festive For Holiday Season With Celebrations Nationwide

An Israeli Novy God celebration is set to take place December 30-January 1, at the Florentine Circus in Kfar Hayarok. Novy God, the Russian ...

Celebrating Silvester in Israel | Bein Harim Tours

As well as Silvester, the holiday of Novy God has also become increasingly popular in Israel. 'Novy God' is Russian for “New Year' and ...

The Holiday of Holidays: It's not just Hanukkah! - Beth Tzedec

Besides Hannukah, the people of Israel also celebrate Novy God, a Russian Israeli New Year celebration, and Sigd, a unique tradition of the ...