-A look at alleged attempts being made by the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv to persuade Russian emigrants to return from Israel to Russia. (Haaretz)
–What’s doing with the refuseniks Ida Nudel, Yosef Begun, and Yuli Edelstein? (J.)
-Sergey Kadinsky writes about how it has happened that Soviet-born Jews “do not have a clear identity in America,� and remain a divided community. (The Jewish Week)