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) |
From inside the book
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... Sydney, and the long-time Head of the Department of Jewish Studies there, had been doing her own research on Australia and Soviet Jewry in the extensive Leibler archive. When Isi suggested that Suzanne and I collaborate to write a book ...
... Sydney, and the long-time Head of the Department of Jewish Studies there, had been doing her own research on Australia and Soviet Jewry in the extensive Leibler archive. When Isi suggested that Suzanne and I collaborate to write a book ...
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... Sydney and Canberra. In addition to mining the vast Leibler collection, which is the world's most comprehensive private Soviet Jewry archive, Suzanne undertook ground-breaking research at the National Archives in Canberra. Awarded a ...
... Sydney and Canberra. In addition to mining the vast Leibler collection, which is the world's most comprehensive private Soviet Jewry archive, Suzanne undertook ground-breaking research at the National Archives in Canberra. Awarded a ...
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... Sydney. As the end notes demonstrate, in addition to the primary source materials which provided the main documentation, Suzanne and I read and consulted a wide range of secondary sources. We are grateful to all the authors and their ...
... Sydney. As the end notes demonstrate, in addition to the primary source materials which provided the main documentation, Suzanne and I read and consulted a wide range of secondary sources. We are grateful to all the authors and their ...
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... Sydney, for their support of this project; – Stanley Green, who helped type up my notes in the Leibler Archive in Jerusalem. – And a special thanks to Isi Leibler for granting access since 2000 to his extensive materials on the Campaign ...
... Sydney, for their support of this project; – Stanley Green, who helped type up my notes in the Leibler Archive in Jerusalem. – And a special thanks to Isi Leibler for granting access since 2000 to his extensive materials on the Campaign ...
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... Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, had not directly lobbied prime ministers. But they had demonstrated outside Russian circuses and held candlelight vigils whenever the Bolshoi Ballet toured. They had stood on flat-bed trucks outside ...
... Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, had not directly lobbied prime ministers. But they had demonstrated outside Russian circuses and held candlelight vigils whenever the Bolshoi Ballet toured. They had stood on flat-bed trucks outside ...
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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