[MarkL]

Even if he could have afforded the tuition, Barr, like most of his classmates at City College of New York, would probably not have been accepted at elite colleges because they had unwritten but strictly enforced quotas on Jews.

Never mind that the Soviet Union always oppressed Jews, and not by just placing entrance quotas to colleges. But I'm sure that sort of thing was never mentioned in the CPUSA newspapers. Just like none of the other incredible human rights violations that these "useful idiots" claimed to be against, were reported, either in the CPUSA papers, or for that matter, the NY Times, as would be seen later, in the lies and propaganda of Durante.

Mark

[rdb3]

Just like none of the other incredible human rights violations that these "useful idiots" claimed to be against, were reported, either in the CPUSA papers, or for that matter, the NY Times, as would be seen later, in the lies and propaganda of Durante.

CPUSA, New York Times... Distinction without a difference, you understand.

This is a ch__ch. What's missing?

[OldFriend]

I'm not sure that the Soviet Union always oppressed Jews.

There were many jews in government, in the universities, etc.

It was only when some jews began to insist upon practicing their religion.....NO RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION WAS ALLOWED IN THE SOVIET UNION...that things got ugly. Any request to emigrate out of the Soviet Union was a request to be 'housed' in a gulag.