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A Time to Sow: Refusenik Life in Leningrad, 1979-1989

A Time to Sow: Refusenik Life in Leningrad, 1979-1989

Beizer, Michael
Komaromi, Ann

Hardcover

Religion General General World HistoryRussian History

ISBN10: 1487557256
ISBN13: 9781487557256
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Jan 15 2025
Pages: 324
Weight: 1.23
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

A Time to Sow offers a glimpse into the unofficial Jewish life in 1980s Leningrad, shaped by numerous long-term refusals from authorities to grant exit visas to Jews seeking to migrate to Israel. The book reveals how the lives of the refuseniks were marked by a continuous struggle for the right to emigrate, as well as by the formation of an informal community. It traces how the community provided mutual assistance in times of distress, particularly offering support to imprisoned activists and their families. The community also maintained contacts with co-religionist supporters visiting from abroad, engaged in Hebrew teaching, facilitated religious revival, celebrated Jewish holidays as a group, disseminated samizdat publications, conducted popular lectures on Jewish history and culture, and pursued Jewish studies. The book divulges how all these activities took place in private, despite the ban and persecution by the authorities.

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