Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev. Photo by Mitya Aleshkovsky.
September 7, 2022, 3:11 pm
Mikhail Gorbachev dismantled the Iron Curtain
And allowed Russian Jews to live openly again
By Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian Politburo member and second in line at the Kremlin, announces the death of Soviet Defence Minister Marshal Dmitri Ustinov, before departing from Edinburgh Airport for Russia, in Edinburgh, Dec. 21 1984. Gorbachev was on a week-long trip to Britain. (Bryn Colton/Getty Images)
August 31, 2022, 10:15 am
Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader whose reforms included letting Jews leave for Israel, dies at 91
He oversaw an end to restrictions on religious worship and opened the gates for those who had been imprisoned for their Zionist activity, including Natan Sharansky.
By Ron Kampeas
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