The Bay Area Council on Soviet Jewry reported today that it had learned that Leningrad refusenik Irina Jacobson has received permission to leave the Soviet Union. Jacobson, the widow of the famed choreographer Leonid Jacobson, worked with the Kirov Ballet Theater until her husband’s death. Irina Jacobson, a refusenik since 1980, will be leaving the Soviet Union with her 28-year-old son Nikolai on September 10, the Bay Area Council reported. The Council is a member of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
