1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7bcrYMbhmM"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/behind-the-headlines-years-after-washington-march-fear-for-russian-jewry-revived">Behind the Headlines: Years After Washington March, Fear for Russian Jewry Revived</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/behind-the-headlines-years-after-washington-march-fear-for-russian-jewry-revived/embed#?secret=7bcrYMbhmM" width="600" height="338" title="“Behind the Headlines: Years After Washington March, Fear for Russian Jewry Revived” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="7bcrYMbhmM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> In 1987, 250,000 American Jews marched on Washington, calling on then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to open the gates of the Soviet Union to Jewish emigration. That dramatic expression of solidarity climaxed decades of American Jewish public concern over the fate of Soviet Jews. But that concern receded as glassnost gave way to the collapse of […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315