Michael Dorfman Explained

Michael Dorfman
Birth Place:	Lviv, Ukraine, USSR
Citizenship:	USA, Israel

Michael Dorfman (Ukrainian: Мiхаель Дорфман, Russian: link=no|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.

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] that turned Israel's public attention to the problems and racism faced by Russian children in public schools.^[5]

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?, Second edition,,
• Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Свастика в Иерусалиме, Second edition, 978-5-903925-07-0, Third edition
• Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Холокост – это смешно?, Second edition, 978-5-903925-10-0, 978-5-226-01029-3

Further reading

• Biography published in the book Михаэль Дорфман, Евреи и жизнь. Холокост – это смешно? ACT, Moscow, 2008
• Biography, Quarterly review Nota Bene, issue 18 Jerusalem 2006.
• Biography at Jewish Literary Review Booknik, Moscow.

Notes and References

1. Web site: МУЗЫКА ИДИШКАЙТА 2005–2007. lechaim.ru. 25 February 2020. 28 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220728021824/https://lechaim.ru/ARHIV/184/kaspina.htm. live.
2. Web site: הפנתרים הרוסים' בבאר- שבע מתמסדים - הקימו אתר באינטרנט'. www.nrg.co.il. 2012-09-08. he. https://web.archive.org/web/20110805051942/http://www.nrg.co.il/online/archive/ART42/613.html. 2011-08-05. 2000-04-03.
3. Web site: יש גם פנתרים רוסים. There Are Russian Panthers. Moshe Zunder . 2012-09-08. 26 May 2000. he. https://web.archive.org/web/20110805051859/http://www.nrg.co.il/online/archive/ART49/948.html. 2011-08-05.
4. Web site: The racism raging at Beersheva schools . 5 January 2007 . 23 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150623231708/http://russiandenver.50megs.com/panthers/english.htm . live .
5. Web site: Like the Black Panthers, but more refined . Lili Galili . 2012-09-08 . 22 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722225315/http://russdenver.www6.50megs.com/Lili_Galili_Eng.htm . live .
6. Web site: texts Michael Dorfman in The Jewish Education Network . 15 October 2012 . 6 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106150703/http://www.look-catalog.org/catalog.php?PHPSESSID=91957d697b&word=%C4%EE%F0%F4%EC%E0%ED&categoryid=0&partid=0&ageid=0 . live .