The Jewish Problem in the USSR, Part I

In recent months the newspapers and the airwaves have been full of charges, denials, and countercharges concerning the treatment of Jews in the Soviet-bloc countries. At the same time there has been an almost total absence of dispassionate analysis of the Jewish problem in the USSR--or even, for that matter, of recognition that there is such a problem. Enemies of the Soviet Union have contended that the Soviet leadership is using the Jews as pawns in the Cold War; friends of the Soviet Union have tended to counter with the charge of malicious anti-Soviet lies and propaganda. But there is a very real Jewish problem in the USSR.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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