Notes, Jews in the USSR, 1917-2000
Commerce, twist arm to allow Js,
also Ger and Armenians, to leave. Could buy everything from Canada, Australia,
etc., that could have got from US. Declarative level. What was actually done.
Europe has economic potential to influence Russia. Germany, France biggest
consumers. US could sell energy to Europeans for cheap? There's an ocean. Trade or
human rights.
Gates open at end of 80s, many reasons, not just J Movement.
Antisemtism in Ukraine today? Information, not facts. Chaos. Chabad rabbi, not
accepted by R Js. In Put's pocket; flattering. Neo-Nats in Uk? Chmelnicki, Bandera on
currency. Only non-good choices for Js in Uk. Not many Js there anymore. Many
young former SU Israelis have returned to former SU, mostly R and Uk. R and Uk
nationalists; transnationalism. Migration tied to economy.
Back to Babi Yar memorials. 61, poem published. Literaturnaya Gazeta, very popular
among educated. Says there is anti-Semitism in SU, Uk collaborators. Pogrom in
Malakhovka, Dagestan, 59