Zionist Movement in the Soviet Union, 1917-1935

Discusses: family history; childhood; education; preparing for Aliyah; arriving in Israel; Kibbutz Naot Mordechai; working in Tel Aviv; leaving the Kibbutz and looking for an apartment; absorption into Israeli society; friends; Bar Mitzvah. Discusses: family history; childhood; education; Jewish life; anti-Semitism; Aliyah to Kibbutz Naot Mordechai; leaving the Kibbutz; work; integration of extended family; father receiving permission from KGB for Aliyah, 1993. Discusses: personal background; degree in Philology; employment as director of Soviet Academy of Sciences; Jewish life and anti-Semitism in Russia; absorption into Israeli society; Neve Sharett community center. Born 1912. Discusses: personal history; work in metallurgy to make fortified steel; KGB forbidding him to make Aliyah with son; receiving exit permit after 3 years; frustration that Israeli arms industry has not put his skills to use. Discusses: family history; Jewish life; education; anti-Semitism; Aliyah with mother and daughter, 1990; Ministry of Absorption, Jerusalem; integration into Israeli society; importance of volunteerism in Israel; Wizo. Discusses: family history; education; working as physician in Moscow and other cities; Jewish life; making Aliyah for daughter, 1990; training in Shaarei Tzedek hospital, 1990/1; integration into Israeli society; work; housing; family; working for Kupat Holim Macabi in Tzfat.