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      Soviet Union

      From the J. Archive

      A strange chapter in the history of Jewish homelands: Birobidzhan

      By Maya Mirsky Mar 8, 2023

      First Person

      A lifetime of anti-Jewish propaganda, from Stalinism to Kanye West

      By Luda Shuster Feb 7, 2023

      Obituaries

      Gorbachev, Soviet leader who let Jews leave for Israel, dies at 91

      By Ron Kampeas, JTA Aug 31, 2022

      Opinion

      Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev’s mixed legacy on the Jews

      By Benjamin Ivry, Forward Aug 31, 2022

      First Person

      I am a Ukrainian Jew. I have lost my mother to Russian disinformation

      By Michael Rozhkov, Forward Apr 6, 2022

      Poetry

      Nonagenarian S.F. icon Herbert Gold talks writing, Israel, mortality

      By Liz Harris Sep 23, 2021

      Off the Shelf

      Jewish writers with Soviet roots have deep stories to tell

      By Howard Freedman Jun 15, 2021

      Passover

      Jews in the former Soviet Union eat the most matzah in the world

      By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Mar 29, 2021

      The Matzo Chronicles

      21 years old in the USSR — that’s when I became a Jew

      By Karen Galatz Oct 16, 2019

      World

      What was the role of Jews in the 1917 Russian Revolution?

      By Cnaan Liphshiz Nov 7, 2017

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      Remembering days of protest at soon-to-close S.F. Russian consulate

      By Rabbi Doug Kahn Sep 1, 2017

      Opinion

      The other 'greatest generation'

      By David Schizer May 2, 2017
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