It is a truism that struggle brings out unexpected powers from within us, and what's true in life is true in history as well. The struggle to liberate Soviet Jewry will be a formative element of our story for decades to come, so here is the first chapter. Learn the inside story about Jacob Birnbaum and the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, Natan Sharansky and the Russian Refuseniks, Rabbi Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League, and the massive Freedom Rally for Soviet Jews in Washington DC.
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