World & Nation
The Soviet Union, retreating before pressure from Arab countries, has scrapped a deal to allow direct airline flights from Moscow to Tel Aviv to carry thousands of Soviet Jews emigrating to Israel, U.S. officials said today.
Feb. 20, 1990
For the Soviet Union, it has been an impressive display of human rights concessions: political prisoners set free, divided spouses reunited in the West, Jewish emigration allowed to soar.
Dec. 6, 1987
A senior U.S. official visiting Moscow said Sunday that the Soviet Union must loosen its rules on emigration if it wants next month’s U.S.
Nov. 16, 1987
Israeli businessman Mendel Kaplan reaches into his briefcase and pulls out a sheaf of papers written in Hebrew and English.
June 11, 1990
President Bush appears to have won his fight with Israel and its supporters in Congress to postpone action on loan guarantees for immigrant housing.
Sept. 26, 1991
Books
THE EMIGRANTS One of the most profoundly touching celebrations of the American experience is, in fact, this 1971 Jan Troell film drawn from the first two of Vilhelm Moberg’s quartet of novels about the massive migration of Swedish farm families to the United States in the middle of the 19th Century.
April 8, 1990
Travel & Experiences
Finding the heart of America along the route of pioneers who made the perilous journey west for the chance to start anew.
Oct. 21, 2001
Television
PBS’ “The American Experience” continues tonight with a frightening and deeply moving account of one of the nightmarish episodes of the Western expansion: the tragedy of the Donner Party.
Oct. 28, 1992
As Soviet authorities continue to relax restrictions on emigration, the United States is preparing to accept 50,000 to 60,000 of those who leave the Soviet Union in 1989, according to U.S. officials.
Jan. 3, 1989
The impasse between the United States and Israel over settlements and loan guarantees may soon have an effect on President Bush’s request for additional humanitarian and technical assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States.
March 25, 1992