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Books: 'Open Up the Iron Door'

Rabbi Avi Weiss tells the story of the struggle for Soviet Jewry from an insider’s perspective.

Rabbi Avi Weiss (center) during a memorial service last year near the United Nations headquarters for Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel.
Rabbi Avi Weiss (center) during a memorial service last year near the United Nations headquarters for Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel.
(photo credit: REUTERS/LUCAS JACKSON)
ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
JUNE 4, 2015 14:17
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