1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qvxzku7gzH"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/2-soviet-jewish-activists-seized-on-their-way-into-u-s-embassy">2 Soviet Jewish Activists Seized on Their Way into U.S. Embassy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/2-soviet-jewish-activists-seized-on-their-way-into-u-s-embassy/embed#?secret=qvxzku7gzH" width="600" height="338" title="“2 Soviet Jewish Activists Seized on Their Way into U.S. Embassy” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="qvxzku7gzH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Two Jewish activists were seized by Soviet plainclothes police yesterday afternoon while being escorted to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow by an American diplomat, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) reported today. Prof. Benjamin Fein, who was chairman of the aborted Moscow Jewish Cultural Symposium last December and his companion. Iosif Begun, were released […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315