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Philadelphia Forum Examines Effort to Save Soviet Jewry
By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky
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Gathering in the brand-new National Museum of American Jewish History just steps from Philadelphia's Independence Hall, guests from across the nation's birthplace and its environs marked the upcoming 17th anniversary of the passing of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, by examining a never-before-told story of how intensive diplomacy at the highest-levels of government resulted in the release of a large group of Soviet Jewry.
With a crowd of more than 500 people, the symposium-style evening featured a video interview with Max Kampelman, the Presidential Medal of Freedom laureate who served as Reagan's chief arms negotiator with the Soviet Union.
Throughout the program, Telushkin and others emphasized that the Rebbe's approach to alleviate the suffering of the millions of Jews trapped inside the Soviet Union was to engage in "quiet diplomacy." This meant private meetings and correspondences carried out at the highest levels of government in lieu of public confrontations that were likely to provoke cruel behavior towards the Jews still inside the country.
According to Abraham Shemtov, who as founder of American Friends of Lubavitch served as a liaison between the Rebbe and the White House, when the Rebbe spoke in public about the necessity of the Jewish exodus from Russia, he didn't "overemphasize the negative. He just highlighted the positives in allowing the Jews to leave."
It was this technique that gained success for both Kampelman and the late Sen. Jacob "Chic" Hecht of Nevada, who met with Reagan before the Reykjavik Summit in 1986 and urged the president to personally ask Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to ease the restrictions on Jewish emigration.
The evening's video presentation included explanations by Kampelman that the Rebbe advised how best to work with Reagan in order to secure the maximum benefit for Soviet Jewry.
Reagan was presented privately with lists of Jews who were ready to emigrate, and in turn, Reagan passed them along to the Soviets who then slowly released thousands of Jews. None of the emigrations, however, were publicly referenced; no more than five people in Washington likely knew of the behind-the-scenes dealings.
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