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Journalist and author Gal Beckerman discusses his book, "When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry." It traces the emergence of an international human rights movement that helped Jews in the Soviet Union escape that nation. He spoke at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center as part of the Twin Cities Jewish Book Festival.

Journalist and author Gal Beckerman discusses his book, "When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry." It traces the emergence of a national Jewish identity within the Soviet Union more than 50 years ago, and the plight of Jews within the nation to leave. He spoke at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center as part of the Twin Cities Jewish Book Festival.

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