From Russia with Love !

Me and my family immigrated to the united states from Russia in the 1990s. More specifically in 1992 when i was 14 months old. One of my families hopes and desires was to get away from the chaos and be free. During that period of time religious prosecution was still at its highs and Russian Jews were being abused and tortured.If you lived in Russia you had to be 100% Russian and thats that. Jews were hated and were not tolerated.I remember my mother telling me that she once had a encounter where they almost found out that she was Jewish. She said” it was the worst feeling of my life”. So we decided to come to america to avoid all the hatred and prosecution and enjoy life freely.
During the years , many relatives and friends followed my parents footsteps including my grandmother and grandfather. Our neighborhood was mostly an Albanian/Russian immigrant area.The living conditions weren’t the best but at least we had a better chance at surviving then overseas.