The man who headed the former Soviet Union when the mass emigration of Jews began said Russia is eliminating anti-Semitism, but the process is not complete. “There is no turning back the clock. There will be no return to anti- Semitism in Russia,” Mikhail Gorbachev told reporters before addressing a State of Israel Bonds dinner in New York. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir also spoke at the dinner, which was held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the massive Soviet aliyah to Israel.
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