Glasnostand the new Russian antisemites

Language use in a new country: The experience of Soviet émigrés in Boston

“…This included anti-Zionist/antisemitic publications (Gitelman, 1979;Spier, 1987), quotas for Jewish university students, and obstacles that prevented Jews from reaching higher echelons in the Communist Party and in the military (Goldberg, 1980). Along with threats to ethnic identity and discrimination, however, the Jews of the USSR have also enjoyed high levels of achievement in the professions.…”