From Exodus to Freedom: The History of the Soviet Jewry Movement

By Stuart Altshuler

Book Overview

Between 1967 and 1991, almost half of the entire Jewish population of the Soviet Union left for freedom to Israel, America, and other western countries. From Exodus to Freedom: The History of the Soviet Jewry Movement tells the story of the American Jewish community's involvement in this exodus, and is the first of its kind to explore how such a massive emigration occurred for a population virtually written-off by world Jewry as "doomed" just two decades before. Using primary documents, letters, and first hand experience, From Exodus to Freedom puts into historical context what could become known as the one of the most uplifting and positive episodes in modern Jewish history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742549364
• ISBN13: 9780742549364
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"