Telegram Advocating for Dr. Schapira's Emigration from Soviet Russia (1972)

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Telegram to Russian Officials Advocating Dr. Schapira's Emigration from Soviet Russia (1972)

The undersigned beseech you in the name of humanity and justice to grant emigration permit to Dr. Beniamin Schapira and his family from Belgorod Oblastnoi Russia and allow them to be reunited with their elderly and ailing parents in Israel at a time when our countries seek to draw together this would be a gesture toward all humanity and world peace.

Soviet Jewry

Letter Advocating for Dr. Schapira's Emigration from Soviet Russia (1972)

Dear David: I’d like to invite you to join me in a dvar mitzvah – and one that is urgent and pikuach nefesh. The enclosed letter is one I received from a Russian Jew who spent 27 years in Siberia, and is now trying to get his son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter out of Russia. The letter is self-explanatory. We have to help, and I’d like it to be done as soon as humanly possible if we’re to be of any assistance. First, call Western Union or RCA and send off the following telegram (a night-letter os cheapest) to: 1. Ambassador Dobrynin, USSR Embassy, Washington DC; and 2. Minister of Interior, Moscow, USSR JUSTICE AND DECENCY DEMAND PERMISSION FOR DR. BENJAMIN SCHAPIRA AND FAMILY OF BELGOROD OBLASTNOI TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILY IN ISRAEL. URGENTLY IMPLORE YOUR INTERCESSION. PROF. NORMAN LAMM Ask the telegram people to send you copies of the cables as soon as possible.

Soviet Jewry

Telegrams to President Nixon and Dr. Waldheim Advocating for Dr. Schapira's Emigration from Soviet Russia (1972)

On behalf entire congregation urge you impress on Soviet Union to liberalize policy to Jews – especially request intervention on behalf of Dr. Beniamin Schapira and family of Belgorod, Oblastnoi to be reunited with his aging parents in Israel. Rabbi Norman Lamm

Soviet Jewry