The voice of silence : the story of the Jewish underground in the USSR /

The voice of silence : the story of the Jewish underground in the USSR /

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Author / Creator:Kholmyansky, Ephraim, 1950- author.
Imprint:Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2021.
©2021
Description:284 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy
Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy.
Subject:
Kholmyansky, Ephraim, -- 1950-
Jews -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
Refuseniks -- Biography.
Political prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
Emigration and immigration.
Jews.
Political prisoners.
Refuseniks.
Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Biography.
Israel.
Soviet Union.
Biographies.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12737205
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ISBN:9781644695913
164469591X
9781644696811
9781644695937
Notes:Includes index.
Summary:"While trying to revive Jewish national life by teaching Hebrew and Judaism in the Soviet Union, Ephraim Kholmyansky is arrested and threatened with long years of imprisonment and exile. In response, he declares a hunger strike. Supporters throughout the world rally to pressure the Soviet government to release him. A race against time begins... Ephraim Kholmyansky was born in Moscow in 1950. In 1979, he initiated an underground network for dissemination of Hebrew, Jewish tradition and Zionist values throughout the peripheral cities of the USSR. He was arrested in 1984 when the KGB planted weapons in his apartment in order to stage a show trial and intimidate Jewish activists. Kholmyansky held a prolonged hunger strike while kept in prison. Thanks to his hunger strike and major international solidarity campaign, he received a relatively short sentence. This is an exceedingly rare case of victory over the KGB. This book documents this trying episode of his life and provides a unique perspective from inside the USSR"--
Other form:Online version: Kholmyansky, Ephraim. Voice of silence Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2021 9781644696811
Standard no.:40030867535

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