‘Sad And Absurd’: The U.S.S.R.’s Disastrous Effort To Create A Jewish Homeland
By Fresh Air‘Sad And Absurd’: The U.S.S.R.’s Disastrous Effort To Create A Jewish Homeland
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Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen discusses the Soviet effort, in 1929, to create an autonomous Jewish state in the country’s far eastern region. Gessen is the author of Where The Jews Aren’t.
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