NEFARIOUS RUSSIANS

NEFARIOUS RUSSIANS

America's ban on Soviet Jews

After years of bashing the USSR for its control of people’s freedom to move, the US did something very similar in 1989: it massively restricted Jewish immigration. Jews were no longer welcome.

Yasha Levine
Jun 25, 2021
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This is part five in my series about Soviet Jewish migration to Israel and America and the campaign to “save” us Soviet Jews from communist annihilation. Read previous installments and notes here.

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