1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminAppeal to Carter for Shcharansky - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pMZBoxAozr"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/appeal-to-carter-for-shcharansky">Appeal to Carter for Shcharansky</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/appeal-to-carter-for-shcharansky/embed#?secret=pMZBoxAozr" width="600" height="338" title="“Appeal to Carter for Shcharansky” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="pMZBoxAozr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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President Carter has been asked by 57 leading Israeli public figures to appeal to President Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union on behalf of imprisoned dissident Anatoly Shcharansky. They expressed concern that he may not survive conditions at the Chistopol prison camp, where he is being held, and that his health has seriously deteriorated. The […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315