Margarita Rayzberg was born in Perm, toward the end of the Soviet Union. Her family came to America, and she attended Jewish day school and later became a professor of Sociology. She is a Professor of Sociology at Valparaiso University and lives in Gary, Indiana, in the Miller Beach neighborhood. In this episode, Margarita discusses unique aspects of the Sociology of Jews from the Soviet Union and the current struggles faced by the ever-smaller number of Jewish professors in academia.