by Marjorie Lynn

Meet Aleksandr (Sasha) Cherynak, a tall, lanky Russian, whose deep brown eyes glow with kindness and intelligence be- hind the cheap reading glasses he con- stantly misplaces. Like the many adjuncts who have to hustle a number of part-time jobs to make a full-time living, Sasha does the same. He flies the freeway about 600 miles each week from his home base in Windsor, Ontario. He lives there with his third wife, Elena, also an emigré, and their three young children, twin girls and a son. At 51, Sasha fuses three families. He has a granddaughter from a first marriage two years older than his 6-year-old son, and teenagers from a middle marriage, some of whom remain in Russia.

When he flies the freeways, his first stop is Flint, Michigan. There, he works as the cantor at Temple Beth-el. Next, he’s off to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a gig as the music director at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.

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