Six cities in the Soviet Union have become accessible to Israeli telephone users by direct dialing. Until now, calls to the USSR had to be booked through the international exchange operators, with frequent delays. Starting Thursday, Israelis may reach Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Tbilisi, Tashkent and Kishinev by dialing the prefix 001, followed by 00 for […]
Worldwide commemorations of the 40th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising will obscure the fact that Easter and Passover this year also mark the 80th anniversary of the Russian pogrom in Kishinev, immortalized by Chaim Nachman Bialik’s poem, “In the City of Slaughter.” Following malicious reports that Jews were using Christian blood for their Passover […]
