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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... statement as the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) president was more measured. The analogies with South Africa and the Palestinians were completely “misplaced and unwarranted”, and he was deeply disappointed with the one ...
... statement as the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) president was more measured. The analogies with South Africa and the Palestinians were completely “misplaced and unwarranted”, and he was deeply disappointed with the one ...
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... statement, transcript, photograph, phone record, report, or book that in any way touched on Soviet Jewry in general, or on his own activities in particular. By the time he moved permanently from Melbourne to Israel in 1999, Leibler had ...
... statement, transcript, photograph, phone record, report, or book that in any way touched on Soviet Jewry in general, or on his own activities in particular. By the time he moved permanently from Melbourne to Israel in 1999, Leibler had ...
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... statement. He could be witty and charming to “the ladies” as he invariably described the women delegates to the VJBD. Yet even many of his admirers saw him as arrogant and aloof. Einfeld was also an impressive orator, but he had a more ...
... statement. He could be witty and charming to “the ladies” as he invariably described the women delegates to the VJBD. Yet even many of his admirers saw him as arrogant and aloof. Einfeld was also an impressive orator, but he had a more ...
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... statements began to change, taking on an increasingly antiWest, Cold War tone. In 1950 a communal conflict erupted in Melbourne between the Council and the VJBD. The issue was who should coordinate the campaign against the proposal by ...
... statements began to change, taking on an increasingly antiWest, Cold War tone. In 1950 a communal conflict erupted in Melbourne between the Council and the VJBD. The issue was who should coordinate the campaign against the proposal by ...
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... statement on Soviet Jewry. Although Cohen was prepared to criticise the prohibition of baking matzot (unleavened bread) for Passover, he refused to say more. Leibler intensified his criticism.9 He claimed that unlike other Jewish ...
... statement on Soviet Jewry. Although Cohen was prepared to criticise the prohibition of baking matzot (unleavened bread) for Passover, he refused to say more. Leibler intensified his criticism.9 He claimed that unlike other Jewish ...
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 | |
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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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