«Yesterday, we lost a genuine Jewish hero. Jacob Birnbaum, who passed away at the age of 87, emerged during the 1960s when he founded an organization called the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, or SSSJ, as it was known. He was not a communal grandee, or a remote figure at the head of a polished organization that supported good work. He was a grass-roots activist who made a real difference.http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/169325/soviet-jewry-activist-jacob-birnbaum-dies-at-87#undefined
The timing, in some way, couldn't be more poignant.»
Kol Tuv,
RRW
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