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Running Head: JEWS IN AMERICA Jews in America: Soviet Jewry Movement HIS 110 – American Jewish History Professor Harry Berkson

JEWS IN AMERICA 2 Jews in America: Soviet Jewry Movement The Soviet Jewry Movement was viewed as an international human rights campaign advocating for Jewish rights in the Soviet Union to emigrate. The active participants of this movement were mainly in the United States and in the Soviet Union, and people denied permission to emigrate were recognized as Refusenik. The movement was responsible for strengthening the identity of the Jewish and spanned the right-left partition that caused the divide among most Jews when it came Israel discussions (jewishvirtualllibrary.org, n. d.). Whether out of human freedoms concerns or because of additional Jewishly focused ones, Soviet Jewry was viewed as being responsible for uniting Jews in the United States. The Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry was the grassroots effort of the United States established in 1964 at Columbia University. With the use of protesting, data dispersal, and campaigning, the group compelled the Kremlin to allow the release of the Refuseniks, and Jews focusing on escaping the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR). The protest turned into a movement, and the movement expanded to an worldwide objection that twenty-five years later was responsible for ripping the Iron Curtain open, promoting the largest Jewish mass migration ever, yet contributed to the collapsing of the Soviet Union, solidified human rights issues occurring in the United States, foreign policy and responsible for the emerging of a solid, independent American Jewry that could defend itself and stand up for breather experiencing mistreatment worldwide. I was unaware of the Soviet Jewry Movement until I read this article. It was interesting to learn how Jews denied permission to emigrate were labeled as Refuseniks. I believe that Jews entering the United States should be treated with respect and dignity and allowed to enter the United States unless they are viewed as a criminal, murderer, or could cause harm to the American citizens or to the country. I believe that people should be treated equally, which is viewed as a fundamental aspect of human rights and social justice, which is interpreted that

JEWS IN AMERICA 3 people should be treated respectfully, with dignity, and fairness, and not judged because of the color of their skin or their religious belief. Treating people equally will allow creating a more just and equitable world that will provide everyone with an opportunity to thrive. This article was informative and enhanced my knowledge on the Soviet Jewry Movement.

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JEWS IN AMERICA 4 Reference Jews in America. (n. d.). Retrieved from https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/soviet-jewry-movement .

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