“Sovietische Heimland,” the Yiddish monthly in Moscow sponsored by the authorities and edited by Aaron Vergelis, has launched an attack upon Yosef Kerler, a Soviet Jewish poet who has settled in Israel, describing him as “a traitor.” The article seeks to prove that Kerler’s 10-year imprisonment was due his having committed a crime, rather than his being a victim of the Stalin persecutions. The “Heimland” said “Now the Zionist in Israel exploit Kerler and make him slander the Soviet Union.”
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.
