Letter written by Pekarskiy to Ilya Ehrenburg regarding discrimination against the Jews in the Soviet Union even after the death of Stalin In his letter, Mr. Pekarskiy writes of the discrimination during the personality cult of Stalin, the Doctors' Plot Libel and the murder of Solomon Mikhoels, and asks why, up to the time of the writing of his letter, there is still discrimination in the acceptance of Jews to institutions of higher education and certain jobs.