The struggle to release Soviet Jewry is the most outstanding example of the power of our people’s solidarity in modern history.
Generations of proud, empowered Jews who understand their heritage as one of triumph, not just survival—equipped with historical knowledge, practical advocacy skills, and unshakeable confidence that they too can change the world for the better.
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that our dear friend and Advisory Council member, Enid Wurtman z”l, passed away in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur night.
Enid was a connector in the truest sense. She linked refuseniks behind the Iron Curtain with the activists who refused to let the world forget them, and she never stopped, even when she was ill and the world had moved on.
In 1968, Boris Kochubiyevsky, a young Jewish engineer from Kyiv wrote an open letter to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. It contained a line that would become a rallying cry for a generation:
“I am a Jew. I want to live in Israel.”
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