The closed gate of the only active synagogue of Tiraspol, Transnistria. (Courtesy of Roman Yanushevsky/Channel 9)

Transnistria is a tiny, poor state in Eastern Europe. The few Jews left there eye an escape.

Unmarked synagogues, statues of Stalin and abject poverty are some of the distinct characteristics of a land that feels like an open-air museum of communism.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency