Power of Protest Exhibit: Community Opening

The Movement To Free Soviet Jews

Hillel is partnering with the Washington State Jewish Historical Society for this wonderful exhibit. Join us for the Community Opening here at Hillel!

The WSJHS is excited to host Power of Protest: The Movement To Free Soviet Jews this spring. With a community opening on March 12. This traveling exhibition, created by the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, "showcases Americans’ efforts in the late 1960s through 1990 to free refuseniks—Jews who lived in the Soviet Union and were denied the rights to live freely, practice Judaism, or leave the country due to their religion."

Since many refuseniks came to Seattle, we are thrilled to be able to tell local stories as well. The WSJHS will present an exhibit containing these stories alongside the national show in an exhibit called "The Soviet Jewish Experience: Washington State Stories."

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 The community opening will feature a presentation by Sasha Senderovich, who is an Assistant Professor of Russian Studies and Jewish Studies in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. To  register, please e-mail Shmuel atshmuelk@wsjhs.org to get your name on the list.