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

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

Justice and decency demands permission for Dr. Beniamin Schapira and family of Belgorod Oblastnoi to be reunited with their family in Israel. Urgently implore your intersession. Professor Norman Lamm

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

Letter to Kremlin Ministry of Interior Advocating for Dr. Schapira's Emigration from Soviet Russia (1972)

Honorable Sir: I have cabled you before on behalf of Dr. Beniamin Schapiro, son of a very dear friend of mine, and have received no reply. I enclose the telegram which I sent today to President Nixon and Dr. Kurt Waldheim. Dr. Schapiro’s parents are elderly, sick, and desperate. Simple humanity calls for the release of Dr. Schapiro and his family at once. Sincerely, Rabbi Norman Lamm

Soviet Jewry