Khrushchev and the Jews

I have been asked by the Editors to write an up-to-date postscript to my articles "The Jewish Problem in the USSR," which appeared in Monthly Review in March and April of 1953. The reason for the request was a feeling that perhaps my facts and my analysis would need some revision in the light of (1) the semi-official account of what happened to Jewish life and culture in the Soviet Union which was published in Poland in the April 4 issue of the Yiddish Communist newspaper Folks-Shtimme (reprinted in this country in the Morning Freiheit and, in English translation, in the May issue of Jewish Life); and (2) of Khrushchev's revelations about Stalin's treatment of some national minorities and Stalin's role in the "Jewish doctors' plot" (as published in the New York Times, June 5, 1956).This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

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