Let My People Go: The untold story of Australia and the Soviet Jews 1959-89For 50 years, until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the Soviet Union ran a campaign of repression, imprisonment, political trials and terror against its 3 million Jews. In Australia, political leaders and the Jewish community contributed significantly to the international protest movement which eventually triumphed over Moscow's tyranny and led to the modern Exodus of Soviet Jews to Israel and other countries. Lipski and Rutland make this largely unknown Australian story come alive with a combination of passion, personal experience and ground-breaking research. "The struggle for the freedom of Soviet Jewry was one of the most powerful displays of strength and solidarity by the world Jewish community... even those intimately familiar with the struggle will be surprised to discover in Let My People Go how the Australian Jewish community and its leaders were among the campaign's initiators, and how they saw it through to its successful conclusion. This is a unique testament to how a small group can play a big role in history." - Natan Sharansky, Chairman Jewish Agency for Israel, Prisoner of Zion (1977-86) |
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... Leibler hosted a reception at his home, to which he had previously invited Hawke. When the Prime Minister arrived, Leibler ushered him away from the guests and confronted him. Expletives flew freely. Leibler angrily told Hawke he was ...
... Leibler hosted a reception at his home, to which he had previously invited Hawke. When the Prime Minister arrived, Leibler ushered him away from the guests and confronted him. Expletives flew freely. Leibler angrily told Hawke he was ...
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... Leibler at the Hotel Dan Tel Aviv, just across the street from the Soviet embassy. Avigur, Israel's legendary spymaster, was 60. Leibler, an aspiring Jewish communal leader from Melbourne, was 25. The older man was a secular Zionist, a ...
... Leibler at the Hotel Dan Tel Aviv, just across the street from the Soviet embassy. Avigur, Israel's legendary spymaster, was 60. Leibler, an aspiring Jewish communal leader from Melbourne, was 25. The older man was a secular Zionist, a ...
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... Leibler reflected his recruitment policy. Isi Joseph Leibler was born in Antwerp, Belgium in October 1934, to Abraham Samuel Leibler, who had come from Galicia, Poland, and to Rachel (Rachelle Akerman) born in Antwerp, a community known ...
... Leibler reflected his recruitment policy. Isi Joseph Leibler was born in Antwerp, Belgium in October 1934, to Abraham Samuel Leibler, who had come from Galicia, Poland, and to Rachel (Rachelle Akerman) born in Antwerp, a community known ...
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... Leibler expressed his Jewish leadership interests early. Among the founders of B'nei Akiva in Australia, he became the president of the National Union of Jewish Students in 1954. After completing his Arts degree in 1956, he began ...
... Leibler expressed his Jewish leadership interests early. Among the founders of B'nei Akiva in Australia, he became the president of the National Union of Jewish Students in 1954. After completing his Arts degree in 1956, he began ...
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... Leibler recalled that he was “intrigued and excited” at the prospect, but had no idea what the meeting would be about. Leibler's first meeting was with Binyamin Eliav, one of the Lishkah's original recruits. Eliav sounded Leibler out on ...
... Leibler recalled that he was “intrigued and excited” at the prospect, but had no idea what the meeting would be about. Leibler's first meeting was with Binyamin Eliav, one of the Lishkah's original recruits. Eliav sounded Leibler out on ...
Contents
Three Leaders Three Voices | |
Wentworth Asks Barwick Answers | |
Prisoners of Zion | |
Henry J and Henry K 12 You people are hard to please | |
Freedom Ride to Canberra | |
From Melbourne to Moscow | |
The Games Russians Play | |
Hawkes Mission Impossible | |
Hope against Hope | |
Some of my Closest Friends are | |
The Cohen Affair | |
Channels of Communication | |
From Right to Left | |
Italian liners and the Party | |
Exodus via Samizdat | |
Its About the Refuseniks | |
Gorbachev Geneva and Glasnost | |
Ten Days in Moscow | |
The Full Circle | |
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Let My People Go: The Untold Story of Australia and the Soviet Jews 1959-89 Suzanne D. Rutland,Sam Lipski No preview available - 2015 |
Let My People Go: The Untold Story of Australia and the Soviet Jews 1959-89 Sam Lipski,Suzanne D. Rutland No preview available - 2015 |
Let My People Go: The Untold Story of Australia and the Soviet Jews 1959-89 Sam Lipski,Suzanne D. Rutland No preview available - 2015 |
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