RUSSIA: MOSCOW: STATE ENDORSED ANTISEMITISM IS A THING OF THE PAST

English/Nat When the U-S-S-R collapsed in 1991 Soviet Jews, for years the object of state-approved anti-Semitism, fled the country in search of a better life in Israel. Today, the Jewish exodus from Russia has slumped by more than half. Many Jews are opting to stay on as their culture begins to flourish in the relative freedom of the new Russia. Although ingrained anti-Semitism lives on among fringe political parties, Russia’s Jews feel freer than they have for centuries. This is the face of Russian