The long journey from Kyiv to California - opinion

Succumbing to international pressure the Soviet authorities granted over two hundred thousand Jews permission to leave the country with Israeli visas.

Kyiv after Russian drone attack, 2022

Kyiv after Russian drone attack, 2022

(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

JULY 16, 2023 03:49

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