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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... Zionist activism; and my first exposure to Cold War politics, Australian style. I had wanted to write a book about it ever since I spent an unforgettable ten days in Moscow in September 1987. That is when I met the heroic refuseniks ...
... Zionist activism; and my first exposure to Cold War politics, Australian style. I had wanted to write a book about it ever since I spent an unforgettable ten days in Moscow in September 1987. That is when I met the heroic refuseniks ...
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... Zionist youth movement leader in Melbourne in the 1950s. We had been friends who worked together in the Soviet Jewry campaign for some 30 years. And it was he and his wife Naomi who had invited me and my wife Aura to join them in Moscow ...
... Zionist youth movement leader in Melbourne in the 1950s. We had been friends who worked together in the Soviet Jewry campaign for some 30 years. And it was he and his wife Naomi who had invited me and my wife Aura to join them in Moscow ...
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... Zionism's founder, Theodor Herzl: “If you will it, it is no dream”. When he said: “For all my joy I cannot rest, and none of us will rest, until all those Jews who wish to leave the Soviet Union can do so...” the applause swept the ...
... Zionism's founder, Theodor Herzl: “If you will it, it is no dream”. When he said: “For all my joy I cannot rest, and none of us will rest, until all those Jews who wish to leave the Soviet Union can do so...” the applause swept the ...
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... Zionist and non-Zionist, religious and secular, old and young. The campaign's leaders, however, and many of the cadres, were nearly always also strong Israel supporters. This meant that the Australian campaign enhanced the community's ...
... Zionist and non-Zionist, religious and secular, old and young. The campaign's leaders, however, and many of the cadres, were nearly always also strong Israel supporters. This meant that the Australian campaign enhanced the community's ...
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... Zionists. Some were Hebrew scholars; some barely spoke a few words. Some came from formerly leading communist families; others had been anti-communists from their youth. Out of respect for his intellectual stature, gravitas and a ...
... Zionists. Some were Hebrew scholars; some barely spoke a few words. Some came from formerly leading communist families; others had been anti-communists from their youth. Out of respect for his intellectual stature, gravitas and a ...
Contents
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 | |
Other editions - View all
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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