This year marks the 160th anniversary of Yiddish and Russian writer Shimon Frug. His writings reflected the realities of Jewish life in late Tsarist-era Russia, and the birth of the Zionist movement. He also had a special poem just for Rosh Hashanah. WATCH: With thanks to the WJC International Yiddish center / Центр идиш ВЕК | World Jewish Congress

Russian writer Mikhail Shishkin may live in the peaceful village of Laufen, in northern Switzerland, but the war his country is waging against Ukraine is a constant source of torment. ⁠ ⁠ “How do you explain to people there [in Russia] that they are fascists?” he asks in an interview with our reporter Elena Servettaz. ⁠ Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel  https://youtu.be/RcFh4iyBq78 | swissinfo | Facebook