Publisher's Synopsis
Refusenik was an unofficial term for individuals-typically, but not exclusively, Soviet Jews-who were denied permission to emigrate, primarily to Israel, by the authorities of the Soviet Union and other countries of the Eastern bloc
The Soviet Jewry movement was an international human rights campaign that advocated for the right of Jews in the Soviet Union to emigrate. The movement's participants were most active in the United States and in the Soviet Union. Those who were denied permission to emigrate were often referred to by the term Refusenik.
Through an in-depth analysis of source material, including recently declassified Soviet documents, this book investigates what factors during the era could lead to the growth of such a movement and the role in which the Moscow Synagogue played.
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