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Millions of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epeople were jailed for holding onto their religion. Despite that, many Jews tried to keep \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhatever traditions they could, ignoring the dangers involved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYosef Mendelevich had always known he w\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eas Jewish, but in the USSR, teaching about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJudaism was against the law. So Yosef applied for permission to leave the Soviet Union and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emove to Israel. This began Yosef’s harrowing journey through labor camps and prisons. But no \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ematter what happened, he never stopped teaching other Jews what it meant to be Jewish. And he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eheld onto his belief that he would be saved one day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is Yosef Mendelevich’s story. It’s the story of a man who risked his life to alert the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eworld to the plight of the Soviet Jews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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