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Sharansky inspires solidarity

When the Jewish hero Natan Sharansky spoke in Portland for the first time on June 5, a crowd of 500 filled the hall at Congregation Neveh Shalom for the historic 92nd annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. Sharansky, a leader in the struggle for Soviet Jewish emigration, spoke about his life as…

Hero for the Ages

A hero of our time and for the ages, Natan Sharansky shone a bright light on the plight of Soviet Jewry from his dark cell in a Soviet prison. Now, as chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Sharansky uses his experiences to illuminate the importance of strong identities and the role…