Michael Dorfman

Michael Dorfman
Michael Dorfman in May 2010
Born	(1954-09-17) 17 September 1954 Lviv, Ukraine, USSR
Residence	Ukraine, Israel, USA
Citizenship	USA, Israel

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

Author of the 600 articles and essays. Contributor to the Russian language periodical publications in Russia,^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} Ukraine,^[7] Israel,^{[8][9][10][11]} US,^[12][13] Belgium,^[14] Netherlands,^[15] Moldova

Activist of the Yiddish culture revivalist movement among the Russian Jewry.^[16] Published three books and about 150 articles in the issue of Yiddish Culture revivalist movement. Among organizers of many festivals and cultural events in Russia and Ukraine.

Started to be published in the Russian Israeli magazine "Kroog" (The Circle) in 1983. In 1992–1999 worked as the publisher and chief-editor of Russian-Israeli newspapers Negev and Aspects, and was a pioneer of printed journalism for local Russian-speaking communities.^[17]

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^[18]

In 1999 he led an action Russian Panthers^[19] that turned attention of Israeli public to the racism problems of Russian émigré children in public schools^[20]

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

Texts of Dorfman recommended in the Russian Jewish Schools Network.^[21]

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

Sources

• Biography published in the book Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Холокост – это смешно? ISBN 978-5-17-053210-0 ACT, Moscow, 2008
• Biography published in the Quarterly review Nota Bene issue 18 Jerusalem 2006.
• Bio from Jewish Literary Review Booknik, Moscow.
• Bio in the Experts agency IA REX

References