Wow. Hits very close to home. I was born in St. Petersburg, and my family immigrated to the US when I was 6 years old. My parents are kind, quiet people who we

Wow. Hits very close to home. I was born in St. Petersburg, and my family immigrated to the US when I was 6 years old. My parents are kind, quiet people who weren't risk takers -- the idea that they left everything behind was always bizarre to me. My dad graduated #2 in St. Petersburg for Math/Science (he still has the silver medal for this) but did not get in to the top engineering school. They never gave him a real reason, but he had a Jewish last name. He doesn't seem angry about it, nor does he really bring it up much -- but I can't help but to imagine the risk taker / creator that could've been if he wasn't stomped all over in the soviet days for being Jewish. It's disgusting what decision makers during the soviet regime were able to get away with.