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Word: shayevich (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Usage:

...suspected "agents of Zionism." They are now able to take Hebrew lessons. The state has given back a number of synagogues, but few Soviet Jews remain regular worshipers. Numbers will dwindle further because of emigration, which reached an all-time high last month. Moscow's Chief Rabbi, Adolf Shayevich, says Jews no longer leave because of religious restrictions but because of economic decline and fear of anti-Semitism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: No Longer Godless Communism | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

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