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Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev at the European Parliament in Brussels, May 26, 2008. (Photo/European Parliament-Pietro Naj-Oleari CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inObituaries

Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader whose reforms included letting Jews leave for Israel, dies at 91

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose reforms, including allowing massive numbers of Jews to emigrate to Israel, changed his country and the world, died at 91. Russian media said Gorbachev […]

Mikhail Gorbachev at Edinburgh Airport at the end of a week-long trip to the U.K., Dec. 21, 1984. (Photo/JTA-Bryn Colton-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev’s mixed legacy on the Jews

by Benjamin Ivry and Forward August 31, 2022
In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev made the front page of our paper.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Gorbachev was closely watched in Bay Area, a center of Soviet Jewry activism

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

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