International Symposium: The Jewish National Movement in the USSR
Marking the 50th Anniversary of “Operation Wedding”
The Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot and The Jewish Agency for Israel are pleased to invite you to the online international symposium:
The Jewish National Movement in the USSR, Marking the 50th Anniversary of “Operation Wedding”
The event will take place on Monday-Wednesday, 21-23 December, 2020 (Israel Time), between 19:00 – 21:00 and will be broadcast Live on Zoom.
Kindly view the attached invitation.
For your attention – the conference will be held in English.
21 December, 2020
Opening
Simha Goldin, Director of the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, Tel Aviv University
Isaac Herzog, Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel & Member of the Board, Beit Hatfutsot
Soviet Authorities, Jews, and the Jewish National Movement in the USSR before and after World War II
Moderator: Velvl Chernin (EAJC)
Topics for Discussion:
- "Classical” Russian Zionism in the USSR in 1920s-1940s: Destiny and Heritage
- State Anti-Semitism and Zionist Activity in the USSR in the 1950s and the First Half of the 1960s
- Zionist Activity in the Soviet Union, 1948 - 1967
- Identity, Ideology and Community Structures in the Zionist Movement of the Late USSR
Presenters: Boris Morozov (TAU); Gennady Kostyrchenko (RAS); Yaacov Ro’i (TAU); Ze’ev Khanin (MoAI & BIU)
Visual presentation: Haim Ghiuzeli (Beit Hatfutsot)
Personal items of the prisoner of Zion Zvi Preigerzon, which are part the Museum's new permanent display
22 December, 2020
Despite Common Sense: Testimonies on the Jewish Underground in Leningrad and Riga and “Operation Wedding”
Moderator: Izabella Tabarovsky (Wilson Center)
Participants: Eduard Kuznetsov; Josef Mendelevich; Sylva Zalmanson; Israel Zalmanson; Elie Valk; Anatoly Goldfeld; Boris Penson; Arie Hanoch; Wolf Zalmanson
Visual presentation: Haim Ghiuzeli (Beit Hatfutsot)
Collection of photographs by Joseph Schneider, a prisoner of Zion
23 December, 2020
Soviet Jewry, the USSR Zionist Movement, and “Operation Wedding”: Responses from Israel and the West
Moderator: Semion Goldin (HUJI)
Topics for Discussion:
- Israel and Soviet Jewry in 1948-1953 Zeh hakatan gadol yihyeh
- The Emergence and Evolution of a Jewish Movement in the Late USSR
- The State of Israel Struggle for Soviet Jewry 1952-1970
Presenters: Yacov Livne (MFA); Zvi Gitelman (UM); Nati Cantorovich (NATIV)
Visual presentation: Haim Ghiuzeli (Beit Hatfutsot)
Interview with Constance Smukler, one of the pillars of the Jewish-American struggle for the release of prisoners of Zion
