CANDIDLY SPEAKING FROM JERUSALEM
by Isi Leibler
May 4, 2015

Last week, I was deeply saddened to learn that Volodya Slepak passed away. A week earlier another giant among the heroes of Soviet Jewry, Volodya Prestin, also died, preceded a few months ago by Yuli Kosharovsky. They were members of a group of a few hundred heroic Jews who brought about one of the Jewish people’s most glorious achievements since the creation of the state, and demonstrated how a handful of courageous Soviet Jewish activists, facing overwhelming odds, stood up against the most powerful totalitarian regime, paved the way for the liberation of their kinsmen and also made a major contribution toward the ultimate downfall of the Evil Empire. I retain vivid memories of my intense involvement in the struggle which began in 1959 and became the dominant feature of my public life for 30 years. READ MORE