Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner
Description
Lana Shkolnik and her step-mother, Galina Antonovskiy immigrated from Russia to Maine. “I can say it out loud, ‘I’m a Jew,’” said Shkolnik in 2009, who relished no longer needing to hide her identity. Even though they had led a largely secular life typical of all citizens in Soviet days, the Shkolniks suffered religious persecution, which qualified them for refugee status.
While Galina Antonovskiy had a rewarding career as a chemical engineer, she believes she could have moved into a higher management job if she had not been Jewish. She kept quiet about her religion, because anti-Semitism reared its head unexpectedly and often in Russia.
About This Item
- Title: Lana Shkolnik and Galina Antonovskiy, Portland, 2009
- Creator: Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest
- Creation Date: 2009
- Subject Date: circa 2017
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Locations:
- Russia
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Digital photograph
- Object Type: Image
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- Emigration & immigration--United States
- Emigration and immigration--Russia
- Immigrants--United States--Maine--Portland
- Jews--Maine--Portland
- Refugees--Maine
- Russian Americans--Maine
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