Avital Sharansky, wife of Russian Dissident Anatoly Sharansky, at Soviet Jewry rally, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza 1983 © Mason Resnick
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Flashback #50Years... #OnThisDay in 1975: In the aftermath of "Jackson-Vanik' becoming US Law: @jtauber.com reported (devoting most of issue to reactions) "Soviet Government Cancels Trade Agreement with the U.S" pdfs.jta.org/1975/1975-01... #SovietJewry #JacksonVank #USRussia #Kissinger #JTA
“ON THIS DAY - ISRAEL” for January 3rd 2020: Iranian General #Soleimani Killed by US....2002: #KarineA Seized...1975: #Jackson-Vanik becomes law ("Free #SovietJewry" ....2009: Operation #CastLead: IDF commences Gaza ground operations open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #OnThisDay #Israel #Iran #IRGC
#OnThisDay in 1987: "The Rally for Soviet Jewry on the Washington DC Mall" - A bipartisan, multi-faith demonstration by some 250,000 people. A moment of unity! Rally Video: www.c-span.org/video/?454-1... #FreeSovietJewry #AmericanJews #SovietJewry #FreedomSunday #Sharansky #WashingtonDC #Jews
#OnThisDay in 1963: JTA was reporting on Martin Luther King speaking out about Soviet Jewry "Dr. King, American Negro Leader, Attacks Soviet Policy on Jews..." www.jta.org/archive/dr-k... #MartinLutherKing #SovietJewry #MLK #CivilRight
"On This Day - Israel" November 20 "Highlights" include... 1977: The #SadatVisit to #Israel continues...1979: Seizure of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, #SaudiArabia...1945: #NurembergWarCrimes Trial opens....1963: #MartinLutherKing on #SovietJewry open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #OnThisDay #History