Natan Sharansky: Freedom Fighter for Soviet Jews
Why was Natan Sharansky in jail if he didn’t do anything wrong?
Why did the whole world protest to free him?
Read this graphic novel and find out!
Why did the whole world protest to free him?
Read this graphic novel and find out!
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Jewish Content & Values
Positive Role Models
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What the Book Is About
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Refuseniks were often jailed for crimes they did not commit and were even executed. Natan spent years in the Russian Gulag without warm clothing and little food. After a hunger strike, he weighed only 80 pounds.
Jewish Content & Values
- Natan knows that his family is Jewish, and he begins to study Hebrew. He reads the book Exodus and, inspired by Israel’s victory in the Six Day War, changes his name from Anatole to Natan. He prays from a small Tehillim (Book of Psalms) while in jail.
- Natan and Avital marry secretly under a chuppah (wedding canopy).
- The Jewish community protests in NYC and around the world, demanding freedom for Soviet Jewry.
Positive Role Models
- Natan risked everything when he became an activist for Soviet Jewry. He suffered through imprisonment under harsh conditions for nine long years and never lost sight of his goal to live freely as a Jew in Israel.
- Avital campaigned relentlessly for Natan’s release and for Soviet Jewry.
Talk It Over
Before he was imprisoned, spies from the KBG often followed Natan around. How do you think he felt, knowing that people were listening to and watching everything he did?
What the Book Is About
This is a short graphic novel biography of Natan Sharansky. It describes his childhood, teen years, and imprisonment as an activist for Soviet Jewry. Kids will be amazed to read about the courage and persistence of this great Jewish hero, and the role American Jews played in his release from Russian prison.
Content Advisory
Content Advisory
Refuseniks were often jailed for crimes they did not commit and were even executed. Natan spent years in the Russian Gulag without warm clothing and little food. After a hunger strike, he weighed only 80 pounds.
Jewish Content & Values
Jewish Content & Values
- Natan knows that his family is Jewish, and he begins to study Hebrew. He reads the book Exodus and, inspired by Israel’s victory in the Six Day War, changes his name from Anatole to Natan. He prays from a small Tehillim (Book of Psalms) while in jail.
- Natan and Avital marry secretly under a chuppah (wedding canopy).
- The Jewish community protests in NYC and around the world, demanding freedom for Soviet Jewry.
Positive Role Models
Positive Role Models
- Natan risked everything when he became an activist for Soviet Jewry. He suffered through imprisonment under harsh conditions for nine long years and never lost sight of his goal to live freely as a Jew in Israel.
- Avital campaigned relentlessly for Natan’s release and for Soviet Jewry.
Talk It Over
Talk It Over
Before he was imprisoned, spies from the KBG often followed Natan around. How do you think he felt, knowing that people were listening to and watching everything he did?
What the Book Is About
What the Book Is About
This is a short graphic novel biography of Natan Sharansky. It describes his childhood, teen years, and imprisonment as an activist for Soviet Jewry. Kids will be amazed to read about the courage and persistence of this great Jewish hero, and the role American Jews played in his release from Russian prison.
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