One is to celebrate the release of Anatoly Shcharansky after 9 years in the Soviet Gulag. The other purpose is to remember those who remain behind. Why do we pay so much attention to Anatoly Shcharansky. even while hundreds of thousands of refuseniks wait for freedom? Is he just a media figure? By all accounts. no. Shcharansky is one of those rare public figures whose notoriety is equaled by his decency. As a Zionist and an activist for Jewish emigration. Shcharanskys primary focus was certainly the needs of the Jewish minority. It was his main goal: to achieve for Soviet Jews the full realization of their national. cultural. and religious identity.
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