10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFUSENIK»
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refusenik in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
refusenik and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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עד כאן: עדויות של סרבנים
Here is a real model for the peace movement in Israel and worldwide.
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Refusenik, trapped in the Soviet Union
The distinguished Russian Jewish physicist recounts his life and career, from his childhood in Stalinist Russia, through his rapid rise in the scientific establishment, to his recent years as a dissident activist and outcast
Mark I︠A︡kovlevich Azbelʹ, Mark Ya Azbel, Grace Pierce Forbes, 1981
Nevertheless, the Second Law of Celebrity Refusenikism also applies: All post-
Refusenik songs and movies and plays and so on are not only terribly unpopular,
they are also unbelievably bad. Not that this will stop them. Refuseniks generally
...
The term refusenik is derived from the "refusal" handed down to a prospective emigrant from the Soviet authorities.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story
And I found myself in the midst of a refusenik romance set against my parents'
growing troubles with the regime. In 1984 my parents returned to open refusenik
activism by organizing and hosting at our apartment a series of monthly cultural ...
6
A Hand in the Darkness: The Autobiography of a
Refusenik
A Soviet Jew describes her sixteen-year battle to leave the USSR and emigrate to Israel, detailing the frustration, imprisonment, exile, and hardships that she experienced during that struggle
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The Holocaust in the Soviet Union: Studies and Sources on ...
Yosef Begun, the prominent refusenik and Jewish cultural advocate, eloquently
addressed himself to the absence of any reference to Jews in the Babi Yar
memorial. A non-refusenik but strong critic of anti-Jewish bigotry, Yuri Sokol,
called ...
Lucjan Dobroszycki, Jeffrey S. Gurock, 1993
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Documents on Soviet Jewish Emigration
1945) — refusenik (1971—72). Klots, Boris Efimovich (b. 1950) — refusenik (
1980—87). Knowles, Stanley Howard (b. 1908) — member of Canadian parlia—
ment (from 1942). Koch, Edward I. (b. 1924) — US Congressman from New York
...
9
Encyclopedia of Judaism
One of the founders, Natan SHARANSKY, himself a refusenik, became a leading
spokesman for the movement. He was subsequently arrested and subjected to
harsh imprisonment. In the 1970s and 1980s, the refusenik movement grew ...
Sara E. Karesh, Mitchell M. Hurvitz, 2005
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Spoils of War: Ode to a
Refusenik Mother
"Spoils of War" is a poem illustrated by seventeen vibrant panels commemorating the artist's mother's 1988 immigration from the Soviet Union to Chicago.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFUSENIK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
refusenik is used in the context of the following news items.
'Refusenik' spies may resist 'intrusive capabilities' disclosure
Ahead of a parliamentary debate on the findings of the Anderson Report on spy powers on Thursday, it is reported that some within the intelligence community ... «RT, Jun 15»
Refusenik campaign recalled
It covers the controversy triggered by Hawke's speech at a Melbourne rally in 1988 to welcome former refuseniks to Australia, in which he drew parallels ... «Australian Jewish News, May 15»
'Father' Of The Refusenik Movement
First, as one of the principal fathers of the Soviet Jewry refusenik movement, he transformed the status of Soviet Jews and, quite possibly, influenced the ultimate ... «The Jewish Week, Apr 15»
Renowned Soviet refusenik Vladimir Slepak dies at 87
Slepak, a preeminent human rights advocate, was an influential figure within Moscow's Jewish community and was considered a founding father of the refusenik ... «The Times of Israel, Apr 15»
29 signs you are a middle-age refusenik
No one is middle-aged any more. It's a description that we officially no longer recognise. (Young people, by the way, have no problem whatsoever with the term ... «The Times, Apr 15»
Vladimir Slepak, Famed Soviet Refusenik, Dies
It was his smile that first greeted most American Jewish visitors on their covert missions to refuseniks in the 1970s and 80s. The Slepaks' apartment, on central ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Apr 15»
Why Bob Hawke brought Palestine issue to refusenik rally
On stage were 15 former Soviet refuseniks. Just months earlier, after some had waited “in refusal” for as long as 17 years, Mikhail Gorbachev had let them leave ... «The Australian, Mar 15»
IDF dismisses several intel reservists over refusenik letter
The decision to terminate the reserve service of the Unit 8200 refuseniks was received by the Military Intelligence Directorate after a series of discussions on the ... «Ynetnews, Jan 15»
Israeli education minister calls refuseniks 'radical element of reality …
Last month over 50 alumni of the Israel Arts and Science Academy called on students at the prestige school to refuse to serve in the Israeli armed forces. «Mondoweiss, Jan 15»
The Refuseniks Hiding From Happy New Year
Are you a New Year's Eve refusenik? Someone who regularly rebels against the most socially sanctioned night of the year? Someone who shrugs at the ... «Daily Beast, Dec 14»
