reading between the lines, it sounds like the issue of Jewish emigration was being used by Reagan for his own political agenda.
On the one hand, it's not that surprising.
On the other, it was a real issue. American Jews spent more than a decade promoting the right of Jewish emigration before US politicians took up the cause. And it took another decade before Jews were allowed out.
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Re: Refusenik visas
Date: 2014-03-29 06:34 pm (UTC)On the one hand, it's not that surprising.
On the other, it was a real issue. American Jews spent more than a decade promoting the right of Jewish emigration before US politicians took up the cause. And it took another decade before Jews were allowed out.