Aleichem shalom, or Where Jews Feel at Home

... “point of separation” lay somewhere in the former Soviet Union, from which almost 2 million Jews emigrated. Today 12 percent of the world’s Jewish population are former Soviet citizens or their descendants who chose to settle primarily in Israel, Germany or the United States. What are the factors that allow a nation with less than 65 years of history to promote a unity of political and religious beliefs both inside and outside their country, and to keep on expanding their influence in the world,...