Alex Polinkovsky, 65, of Beachwood is a 1991 emigrant from Moldova. A medical researcher, he came to the United States to escape the poverty and unfair anti-Semitic practices of the Soviet Union. After a lengthy emigration process, his family came here for their better life. Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Soviet Jews in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life.