Refusenik Immigrants

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What is a Refusenik

A person in the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate, in particular, a Jew forbidden to emigrate to Israel.

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Refusenik Facts

Soviets Jews began immigrating to Israel in the late 1960s and early 1970s.In the mid 1970s many of them decided to come to United states instead of

Israel.As soon as the person left Soviet Union they would wait go to Italy instead of Israel. There they waited for permission from the United State to enter

into the country.In the mid 1980s most of Soviet immigration stopped. The soviet government

would not let anyone leave.

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Your TasksWrite a letter to the soviet government on behave of a refusenik. Plead your case why that family should be able to leave the country.

Write a poem describing what it would be like to be someone living in country that is not friendly to you.

Draw a memorial in honor of all the Jews that did not get a chance to leave USSR.

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