Links
“REFUSENIK”
“Refusenik” is a feature length film directed by Laura Bialis. The documentary weaves refuseniks’ stories with those of the leaders of movement in the West.
OPERATION WEDDING
The documentary, “Operation Wedding,” directed in 2016 by award winning film director Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov, daughter of Prisoners of Conscience Sylva Zalmanson and Edward Kuznetsov, takes the viewer to Leningrad where her parents were arrested, sentenced, and imprisoned.
Let My People Go
“Let My People Go” is an educational resource about the Soviet Jewry struggle for teachers of children in elementary, middle, and high school.
Yuli Kosharovsky Web Site
The website of the prominent long term refusenik, Yuli Kosharovsky, includes an in-depth chronology the Soviet Jewry movement, photos and interviews with Soviet Jewry activists.
Remember and Save
The association Remember and Save was created by leading former refuseniks Aba Taratuta and Edward Markov as well as former refusenik and historian Dr. Michael Beizer. Their website features photos and interviews with former refuseniks, prisoners of conscience and Soviet Jewry activists in the West.
jewish-freedom.net
The website of Ephraim Kholmiansky, former activist in the Jewish national revival movement, Hebrew teacher and prisoner-of conscience features historical perspectives. His book, “The Voice of Silence” documents the victory of the Jewish movement despite all odds.
Archives of the American Soviet Jewry Movement
The American Jewish Historical Society houses the largest collection of Soviet Jewry archives including those of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, its councils and the National Conference on Soviet Jewry.
Soviet Jewry Movement Oral History Project
The Oral History Project was initiated by Glenn Richter, former National Coordinator of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, in coordination with Yeshiva University Archives, to collect and preserve the memories and perspectives of activists in the movement.