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JEWS OF THE SOVIET UNION
3 Factors that Contributed to the Unique Response by American Jews to Jews of the Soviet
Union
HIS 110 – American Jewish History
Professor Harry Berkson
JEWS OF THE SOVIET UNION
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3 Factors that Contributed to the Unique Response by American Jews to Jews of the Soviet
Union
The American Jewish community were confronted with mind boggling emotions and
challenges in the Holocaust repercussions.
While most felt a feeling of frustration and
responsible for not taking additional measures to prevent the tragedy, others were electrified to
focus on taking action and supporting kindred Jews.
The American Civil Rights Movement was
viewed as another critical event that affected the Jewish community in the United States.
Most
of the Jews played a role in the movement, their experiencing of discrimination and prejudices is
what assisted with shaping their activism.
In the Six Day War, Israel’s victory was viewed as a
snapshot of pride and assisted the Jewish Americans restless about the results of the conflict.
Also, the conflict enhanced the Jewish American’s adoration for Israel and pervaded them with
confidence with advocating for their interest both at home and abroad (Sales, 2017).
These events profoundly affected the Jewish Americans and their challenge with freeing
Soviet Jews.
Also, Jewish American activists, Israel, and Holocaust memories freshly in their
minds, wages relentlessly “let my people go” campaign, which was a success.
It involved
thousands of Soviet Jews who had emigrated to both Israel and the United States.
Conclusion
Even though the Jewish community in America faced different challenges and emotions
in the Holocaust aftermath, the survivors and their descendants rose to be recognized as one of
the largest Holocaust organizations in North America, and recognized for functioning as an
umbrella organization for survivor resources that provide services and advocacy.
Also, most of
the survivors believe that remembrance of the Holocaust is basically part of being Jewish.
JEWS OF THE SOVIET UNION
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References
Sales, B.
(2017).
How the six-day war changed American Jews.
Retrieved from
https://www.jta.org/2017/05/07/United-States/how-the-six-day-war-changed-american-
jews
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