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Rediscovering Judaism in Russia
by Natali* Sharansky
(Wife of jailed Russian dissi
dent, Anatoly Sharansky.)
Like all my friends, I was rais
ed in a family which was com
pletely uninvolved with
Judaism. My father, from a
Haaaidic Polish family, tried to
forget hit prayers, tried to forget
his Judaism, when he turned to
Communism, though I suspect
he was often reminded of his
origins.
In a spiritually barren at
mosphere, my brother and I
were raised. All the while,
dominated by Soviet ideology
the fact of our Jewishness was
hidden. Quite frankly as a child I
waa surprised to hear my grand
mother called “Jhid,” and didn’t
know what the word meant.
When I recall my childhood, I
now feel cold and frightened, for
it wasn’t what you would think
of as a family. My brother left
home at the age of fourteen and I
followed when I waa seventeen.
At that time I learned I was
Jewish, though I didn’t know the
meaning of Judaism. Had I not
met the people who explained
what Jew meant, who explained
what my parents never wanted
me to know, I might never have
found out.
My first art teacher was a
Jew, formerly a cantor. At his
home I saw for the first time a
Hebrew Bible. As I grew older,
along with my brother we
became friends with other Jews,
who just like ourselves were
more involved with problems of
the Soviet people than Jewish
concerns.
When my friends began to
emigrate, after I received their
letters, I began to see Israel as
my homeland. All the details
became personal and eventually
the idea to emigrate seemed to
be natural for me.
Simultaneously my brother and
I decided to apply, we studied
Hebrew, and the Six Day War
broke out.
In the terrible cold, near the
Moscpw synagogue we were in
agony for news of the war. No
one doubted Israel’s strength,
and we, the Jews of Moscow,
considered ourselves citizens of
our distant homeland. At that
time my brother was in jail. I
smuggled in a note, in a package
of warm clothes, written in
Hebrew that our forces had ap-
harassments, eavesdropping and
threats, we were never alone, the
KGB waa always with us. They
were very hard times.
In March I applied to leave
and Natan and I searched for a
Chupah. But Moscow's Chief
Rabbi would not marry us, not
without a civil certificate, not
with the KGB staring at ua.
Three months later, while Presi-
Natatie Sharansky will be visiting Atlanta April 15-17.
On the morning of the 17th, according to the Holocaust
Committee, Mrs. Sharansky will participate in memorial
ceremonies at Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Sharansky will be the guest of Rabbi and Mrs.
Emanuel Feldman and will speak Saturday morning, Apr. 16,
at Beth Jacob Synagogue. She will be accompanied by her
brother, Mischa Shtieglitz, an Israeli Tank Commander.
proached Damascus.
Soon after, I met Anatoly at
the synagogue. By then I decided
to apply to leave and Anatoly
told me that he had applied nine
months earlier. Three months
later he was unofficially refused.
Meanwhile Anatoly and his
friends, these daring young men
impressed me tremendously.
1 joined an unofficial Hebrew
study group with Natan
(Anatoly), and soon thereafter
we decided to get married. But
because our names were well
known to the police we knew the
officials in the marriage bureau
would be reluctant to issue us
civil certificates. They delayed
with absurd excuses. M Natan is
too old,” they said. Natan is only
three years older than I. “You
want to leave the USSR
together, we will never permit
it,” they told us. After six
months we lost all hope for a
marriage in accordance with
Soviet civil law. December 1973
my brother left, Natan was
refused a visa on unclear
grounds. Constant arrests,
insulation and
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dent Nixon was visiting Moscow,
Natan disappeared. For five
days I searched for him, and the
following Shabbat only women
went to the synagogue. We had
learned all the men had been
arrested. Meanwhile I was called
to the OVIR and told to leave
within ten days, otherwise
neither of us would ever leave. I
refused to pay for a visa until I
saw Natan. With all my might I
prayed and looked for a rabbi
that would arrange a Chupah —
and I found him. Two day’s
before my visa expired, Natan
returned. He had spent days in
solitary confinement.
According to the law, that day
was the only one permissable for
marriage between Passover and
Shavuout. Our friends formed a
minyan, Natan couldn’t even
find time to shave, and we were
married. The rabbi called it a
miracle and the next day July 5,
1974, Natan took me to the air
port.
Since then Natan has been dis
missed from his job, arrested on
numerous occasions and forced
to live with friends. In one world
I have become his eyes though
on the other hand he lives an ab
surd existance attempts to
hide from agents, the constant
search for lodging, the emp
tiness and the hope . . .
My first meeting with Israel
was a great gift. In Israel, for
the first time I felt at home, as if
I finally had a family. At first I
was surprised people cared so
much, but I learned that’s the
way it should be. Everything —
the people, the land fit into my
dream. In Israel I began to dis
cover for myself. Now, when I
think about my husband and
others who are struggling for the
right to emigrate I think a great
miracle happened to us all.
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