The Crimean Circle: A Russian Jewish Tale of the Crimean War
David Kushner is an American journalist living in Sweden.  Mr. Kushner graduated from Queens College and studied for an MA at Columbia University under the renowned critic, author and anthologist, Professor John Gassner. He served in the United States Army as a journalist in the Public Information Office (PIO) for the Second Armored Division stationed in Germany.  His articles also appeared in the U.S. Army Newspaper Stars and Stripes.  He and a colleague, Lars Malmström, translated four of Ingmar Bergman’s classic films, Smiles of a Summer Night, The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries and The Magician, for an anthology of Bergman’s scripts published by Simon & Schuster as Four Screenplays by Ingmar Bergman. He worked a TV producer for Swedish Television and directed some 15 short documentary films for them. He is an avid yachtsman and has written a number of articles in Yacht Racing Magazine and One Design and Offshore Yachtsman. He competed in a number of offshore races in Sweden and reported the One Ton, Half Ton and Quarter Ton cup races and the Baltic Race both on film and in print. He and his wife Shoshana travel extensively and he has written countless travel articles for Stockholm’s ESCC Newsletter which have also appeared on their website. His first book, The Line In The Sand about the ethnic cleansing of the Assyrian Christians in Iraq was written together with his friend and colleague Nuri Kino who is an award winning Swedish journalist. Kushner has hunted big game in Sweden and currently actively competes in club handgun competitions. He collects revolvers from the Civil War period and regularly participates in black powder competitions.