1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ucqzBYD2eS"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/appeal-to-international-red-cross-to-help-shcharansky-who-is-reported-to-be-losing-his-eyesight">Appeal to International Red Cross to Help Shcharansky Who is Reported to Be Losing His Eyesight</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/appeal-to-international-red-cross-to-help-shcharansky-who-is-reported-to-be-losing-his-eyesight/embed#?secret=ucqzBYD2eS" width="600" height="338" title="“Appeal to International Red Cross to Help Shcharansky Who is Reported to Be Losing His Eyesight” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="ucqzBYD2eS" 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> An urgent appeal has been made to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, to intercede on behalf of an imprisoned Soviet Jew, Anatoly Shcharansky, who is reported to be in danger of losing his eyesight in Chistopol Prison. Hans Morgenthau, chairman of the Academic Committee on Soviet Jewry, urged in a […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315