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Opinion

Mikhail Gorbachev dismantled the Iron Curtain — and allowed Russian Jews to live openly again

By Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

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News

As Yeshiva University fights to block LGBTQ group, not all its grad schools are on board

By Adam Kovac

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FAST FORWARDS

Brief items of the News and the Schmooze

Murder of a Jewish man near Paris reignites fears about antisemitism in France

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

Jan. 6 Proud Boy rioter who approached Chuck Schumer and who made antisemitic jokes in chat sentenced to 4.5 years

Campus police investigate antisemitic banners at UC Davis

Yiddish Cooking Video of the Day

Lemon-Garlic Chicken

It's never too early to start planning your shabbos menu.

Culture

So, how did Jews fare under Mikhail Gorbachev anyway?

By Benjamin Ivry

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