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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... community's roof body which brought together the state Boards of Deputies in Victoria, New South Wales, Western ... community was mostly pro-Labor. Both began their communal involvements through Jewish sport – Ashkanasy with the Judean ...
... community's roof body which brought together the state Boards of Deputies in Victoria, New South Wales, Western ... community was mostly pro-Labor. Both began their communal involvements through Jewish sport – Ashkanasy with the Judean ...
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... community's unity and structure. The third community leader who became embroiled in the Soviet Jewry campaign was Samuel Herbert (Sam) Cohen. His background was similar to Ashkanasy's and Einfeld's. Born in 1918 in Bankstown, Sydney, to ...
... community's unity and structure. The third community leader who became embroiled in the Soviet Jewry campaign was Samuel Herbert (Sam) Cohen. His background was similar to Ashkanasy's and Einfeld's. Born in 1918 in Bankstown, Sydney, to ...
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... it was in his new role, presiding over Australia's international relations, that he was about to become a key player in the Jewish community's lobbying campaign. As the 1962 political year began in Canberra, Barwick may not have.
... it was in his new role, presiding over Australia's international relations, that he was about to become a key player in the Jewish community's lobbying campaign. As the 1962 political year began in Canberra, Barwick may not have.
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... community's interests, and he (Leibler) “... would be the first to suggest let bygones be bygones”.11 In the ensuing debate some VJBD delegates, notably Nathan Jacobson, criticised Leibler's “provocative” attitude, pointing out that ...
... community's interests, and he (Leibler) “... would be the first to suggest let bygones be bygones”.11 In the ensuing debate some VJBD delegates, notably Nathan Jacobson, criticised Leibler's “provocative” attitude, pointing out that ...
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... community's political campaign: We would be betraying our duty to our fellow Jews if we did not raise our voices and speak out against the destruction of our brethren in the Soviet Union. I tell you with all solemnity that if there is a ...
... community's political campaign: We would be betraying our duty to our fellow Jews if we did not raise our voices and speak out against the destruction of our brethren in the Soviet Union. I tell you with all solemnity that if there is 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 | |
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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 |
Common terms and phrases
Ambassador anti-Semitism Ashkanasy asked August Australian embassy Australian Jewish Australian Jews Avigur Barwick became Board of Deputies Bob Hawke Bourchier Canberra Cohen Affair Committee community’s debate December diplomatic ECAJ president editor Einfeld Eric Aarons exit visas Foreign Affairs Fraser Goldmann Gorbachev government’s Hawke’s Hebrew human rights ibid IJLA-Jer Isi Joseph Leibler Isi Leibler Israel Israeli Jerusalem Jetset Jewish community Jewish leaders June Kissinger Laurie Aarons leadership Leibler Lerner Liberal Lishkah Litvinoff Marcus Einfeld meeting Meir Melbourne Melbourne’s Mortimer Mykhoels Nahum Goldmann November numbers October officials Olympic Games organisations parliamentary Pimenov political Prime Minister Prisoners of Zion protest Rabbi refuseniks Report Russian Sam Cohen Senator September Soviet anti-Semitism Soviet embassy Soviet Jewish Soviet Jewry Soviet Jewry campaign Soviet Jewry movement Soviet Union statement Sultanik Suzanne Sydney Taft told United Nations USSR Victorian visit to Moscow VJBD Waten Wentworth Whitlam Yiddish Zionist