Jews were allowed to move to Israel but the Soviet Union refused to let the Jews who wanted to leave go . So this this led to long lines at the Israeli missions and these were shown on television. This lead to a lot of speculation about how the Soviet Union was treating the Jews the problem was why would they want to leave the Soviet Union was supposed to be a good place to live and work for well at least that is what they portrayed themselves as. Once people began to question why the Jews wanted to leave, then they too began to question what alternatives to the Soviet way they might be. This led to a rise in nationalist sentiment in many of the Soviet
Jews were allowed to move to Israel but the Soviet Union refused to let the Jews who wanted to leave go . So this this led to long lines at the Israeli missions and these were shown on television. This lead to a lot of speculation about how the Soviet Union was treating the Jews the problem was why would they want to leave the Soviet Union was supposed to be a good place to live and work for well at least that is what they portrayed themselves as. Once people began to question why the Jews wanted to leave, then they too began to question what alternatives to the Soviet way they might be. This led to a rise in nationalist sentiment in many of the Soviet