At Shimon Peres's Facing Tomorrow conference in Israel, Google cofounder Sergey Brin told the audience about his family's fight against anti-Semitism in the former Soviet Union before emigrating. His father, Mikhail Brin, wasn't allowed to pursue his interest in physics because Jews were barred from the field over concerns that they would learn nuclear secrets — never mind the role Julius and Ethel Rosenberg might have played in giving the Soviets those very secrets. Eventually, Brin's mother Evgenya got a via to emigrate in 1979, right before the Iron Curtain officially dropped again. Of course, now that the country is open for business, Brin wants back in. (Photo by Jon Klinger)