From Tablet, Adam Kirsch on Soviet Russia's short-lived Jewish renaissance. Spreading Europe's poison: Blaming the USSR for the second world war is not only absurd — it boosts the heirs of the Nazis' wartime collaborators. Stalinism as bad as Nazism?: Europe’s memory war rages on. Gal Beckerman reviews The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia by Orlando Figes. A review of Red Star Over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union from the Revolution to the Death of Stalin by David King. Postmodern Stalinism: Revisionist histories help revive his reputation in Russia. Hoxha on Stalin: Two of Europe's most malignant egos converge in the Albanian dictator's fond memoir of the Soviet despot. Stalin, a hero for our time: The myth of Russia’s beautiful past has gripped the popular imagination, thanks to state

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