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Ida Nudel passes away

image - A cover story in the Oct. 14, 1987, JWB announced that Ida Nudel would be granted her long-sought-after exit visa from the USSR

A cover story in the Oct. 14, 1987, JWB announced that Ida Nudel would be granted her long-sought-after exit visa from the USSR. In the Jewish Independent’s special 90+1 issue this past May, reader Ronnie Tessler recalled one of the…

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September 24, 2021

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The state of Jewry in Russia

photo - A scene from filmmaker Reuven Brodsky’s documentary Home Movie

A scene from filmmaker Reuven Brodsky’s documentary Home Movie. (photo by Yevgeny Spivak) In 1989, the USSR’s emigration gates opened. Responsible for prying them open was a small group of tremendously courageous and patient Soviet Jews (called refusenikim for their…

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February 12, 2016

Ida Nudel passes away

The state of Jewry in Russia

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