He was fighting a far bigger. tougher and more dangerous foe. for extremely high stakes. Levin was fighting the Soviet Union on behalf of a man and his family he has never met. He was fighting to publicize the plight of Yakov Mesh. a 28yearold Soviet Jew in Odessa. who wants to emigrate to Israel with his wife Marina and their fiveyearold son Marat. Mesh and other "refusnik" Jews with the courage to challenge the Soviets iron grip on their lives. are thorns in the paw of the Russian bear. Levin thinks his efforts. and the efforts of others to make the world aware of Mesh. are probably all that stand between Mesh and a Siberian prisonor perhaps death.
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