More than 500 Jews left a Russian region last year that Stalin established as a “Jewish homeland.” The 2001 exodus left fewer than 7,000 Jews in Birobidzhan, which sits along the Russian- Chinese border. More than half of those who left last year went to Israel or Germany.
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.
