Soviet Jewry

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Soviet Jewry refers to the Jewish population living in the former Soviet Union, known especially for its struggle against state-sponsored antisemitism and restrictions on religious and cultural life, and for the international movement that sought their right to emigrate and live freely as Jews.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish community
ethno-religious group
minority in the Soviet Union
associatedWith Aliyah to Israel
Jewish emigration to Australia
Jewish emigration to Canada
Jewish emigration to Western Europe
Jewish emigration to the United States
Prisoners of Zion
refuseniks
country Soviet Union
declineCause emigration after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
emigration in the 1970s
emigration in the late 1980s
demographicPeak post–World War II period
ethnicity Jewish
experienced censorship of Jewish publications
closure of synagogues
monitoring by the KGB
suppression of Zionist activity
faced discrimination in higher education
employment discrimination
limitations on emigration
restrictions on Hebrew study
restrictions on Jewish cultural life
restrictions on religious practice
state-sponsored antisemitism
governedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
historicalPeriod 20th century
Cold War
influenced Israeli immigration policy
U.S.–Soviet relations
global human rights discourse
language Hebrew
Russian
Yiddish
locatedIn Baltic Soviet republics
linked to: Baltic states

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Central Asian Soviet republics
Eastern Europe
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
religion Judaism
subjectOf Israeli advocacy campaigns
Jackson–Vanik amendment
Soviet Jewry movement
U.S. congressional hearings on human rights
Western protest demonstrations
international human rights campaigns

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The Jews of Silence mainSubject Soviet Jewry
The Jews of Silence mainSubject Jews in the Soviet Union
linked to: Soviet Jewry
Soviet Jewry movement involvedCommunity Soviet Jews
linked to: Soviet Jewry
Let My People Go movement focusesOn Soviet Jews
linked to: Soviet Jewry
Let My People Go movement focusesOn Jewish emigration from the USSR
linked to: Soviet Jewry
Let My People Go movement supported Soviet Jewish refuseniks
linked to: Soviet Jewry
Doctors' Plot plannedMassDeportation Soviet Jews
linked to: Soviet Jewry
Escape to the Sun mainSubject Soviet Jews
linked to: Soviet Jewry
Avital Sharansky associatedWith Aliyah of Soviet Jews to Israel
linked to: Soviet Jewry