Triumph over tyranny
Subtitle: the heroic campaigns that saved 2,000,000 Soviet Jews
By: Philip Spiegel ; foreword by Natan Sharansky
Publisher: Devora Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 551
ISBN-13: 9781934440131
Description: The history of the Jewish resistance in Russia and the government backed anti-Semitism that tried to obliterate every form of Jewish self-awareness. Traces the success of the heroes of this movement, people like Anatoly Sharansky, who became living legends in Russia, Israel, the United States and the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Natan Sharansky; title: Prologue: Theodor Herzl and the Zionist dream; title: Pt. 1. EARLY EFFORTS TO SAVE THE "JEWS OF SILENCE" 1920-1967. The Bolshevik Campaign to eradicate Judaism; title: Chabad's clandestine activities to keep Judaism alive; title: Secret operations sponsored by the Israeli government; title: Western voices for the Jews of silence; title: Sowing the seeds of a grassroots movement; title: Mobilizing a critical mass in New York; title: Pt. 2. SOVIET JEWISH RESISTANCE AND RENAISSANCE 1967-1990. I am a Jew and Israel is my homeland; title: The foiled hijacking that launched and international movement; title: You will never leave the Soviet Union; title: Teach Hebrew, go to prison; title: The Refusenik community casts its own safety nets; title: Pt. 3. THE HUMAN RIGHTS CONNECTION 1968-1986.Andrei Sakharov, champion of human rights; title: The Helsinki watch groups; title: Natan Sharansky, prisoner of Zion, spokesman for democracy; title: Pt. 4. SUPPORT GROUPS IN THE FREE WORLD 1967-2007. Two conferences on Soviet Jewry; title: Grassroots activism in California; title: The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews; title: Support from American Christian and Jewish clergy; title: European activism for Soviet Jewry; title: Support from the medical and scientific communities; title: HIAS support for Soviet Jews going to America; title: Pt. 5. AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT 1972-2007. U.S. Congressional action links trade to emigration; title: The Congressional human rights caucus; title: Advocacy from Reagan's State Department; title: Pt. 6. POST-SOVIET CAMPAIGNS 1991-2007.  Help my people go; title: Let my people know; title: Let my people go; title: Let my people know; title: Let my people live; title: Aliyah activist Memorial in Israel.