Prisoners of Zion: Refuseniks and the Soviet Aliyah

Unpacking Israeli History

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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*** Don’t miss the 3-part miniseries on the YK war, starting September 6th *** Between 1989 and 2000, over a million Jews from the former Soviet Union arrived in Israel, fundamentally changing the nature of the country. But the road from the USSR to the Middle East was long, winding, and painful. This is the story of how a group of American students and Soviet dissidents wrenched back the Iron Curtain, guaranteeing the religious freedom of over one million Jews. ~~~~ Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VSbxCEDWZv3bs8Sm8elQELJpDysL0p4hch3SWo_gaWI/edit

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm No Weisman, and you're listening to unpacking Israeli history, the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense,
0:08.0	historically fascinating, and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history.
0:14.4	This episode of unpacking Israeli history is generously sponsored by Derynaptalin and Harry Nelson
0:20.0	and Barbara Summer and Alan Fisher. Part of me feels actually uncomfortable to do an episode on Soviet jury where there were so many people who were part of this movement, so many heroes.
0:31.0	I know I'm going to end up not including many many people and many
0:35.9	communities who worked so hard on behalf of Soviet jury. So here's me doing my
0:42.2	best to tell the story of Soviet jury on
0:44.2	unpacking Israeli history and I really hope that we do it justice to the best of
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