2018, ISBN: 1925000850

[EAN: 9781925000856], Neubuch, [PU: Hybrid Publishers, Ormond], Paperback. This story chronicles a largely unknown but important aspect of 20th century Australian political history during… More...

[EAN: 9781925000856], Neubuch, [PU: Hybrid Publishers, Ormond], Paperback. This story chronicles a largely unknown but important aspect of 20th century Australian political history during the Cold War, when the Communist leadership closed down many Jewish organisations and declared Zionism an ideological enemy. Soviet Jews often suffered hardships, not being allowed to enlist in universities, work in certain professions or participate in government. For three critical decades, 1959-89, Australian Jews and their community leaders were deeply involved in the international Soviet Jewry movement, with distinctive contribution to international affairs by some leading Australians including Bob Hawke, Garfield Barwick and Malcolm Fraser. By any measure, Australia played a role above and beyond what might be expected from a middle-ranking nation with limited international influence. But the lead actor was Isi Leibler, and this is very much also his story. Widely recognised and honoured internationally, his involvement and leadership - his 'magnificent obsession' - with the refuseniks and Soviet Jews, merit a full account. The emigration of over a million Jews to Israel, after an international campaign lasting more than three decades, redefined the notion of human rights. Indeed, Natan Sharansky, the leading 'Prisoner of Zion', claims it as the 20th century's most successful human rights movement. During the Cold War, Soviet Jews were suspected of being traitors. The Communist leadership closed Jewish organisations and declared Zionism an ideological enemy. As a result of the state-sponsored persecution, anti-Semitism grew: many Soviet Jews suffered hardships, ranging from not being allowed to enlist in universities to being sent to the gulag. For the three critical decades, between 1959 and 1989, Australian Jews and their community leaders were deeply involved in the international campaign to enable Soviet Jews to leave the Soviet Union. Australian politicians (including Bob Hawke, Garfield Barwick, Malcolm Fraser and William Wentworth), joined human rights activists and opinion leaders in the campaign. Australia played a role above and beyond what might be expected from a middle-ranking nation with limited international influence. But the lead actor was Isi Leibler. His involvement and leadership with the refuseniks and Soviet Jews, merit this full account from an Australian Jewish perspective - and the campaign eventually led to the emigration of over a million Jews to Israel. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability., Books<

ISBN: 9781925000856

Paperback, [PU: Hybrid Publishers], This story chronicles a largely unknown but important aspect of 20th century Australian political history during the Cold War, when the Communist leade… More...

Paperback, [PU: Hybrid Publishers], This story chronicles a largely unknown but important aspect of 20th century Australian political history during the Cold War, when the Communist leadership closed down many Jewish organisations and declared Zionism an ideological enemy. Soviet Jews often suffered hardships, not being allowed to enlist in universities, work in certain professions or participate in government., European History, Middle Eastern History, Social & Cultural History, Jewish Studies, Social & Cultural Anthropology<

ISBN: 9781925000856

Paperback, [PU: Hybrid Publishers], This story chronicles a largely unknown but important aspect of 20th century Australian political history during the Cold War, when the Communist leade… More...

Paperback, [PU: Hybrid Publishers], This story chronicles a largely unknown but important aspect of 20th century Australian political history during the Cold War, when the Communist leadership closed down many Jewish organisations and declared Zionism an ideological enemy. Soviet Jews often suffered hardships, not being allowed to enlist in universities, work in certain professions or participate in government., Social & Cultural History<

2015, ISBN: 1925000850

Kartoniert / Broschiert HISTORY / Jewish, Bezug zu Juden und jüdischen Gruppen, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Hybrid Publishers]