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refusenik, refusnik 1. (formerly) a Jew in the Soviet Union who had been refused permission to emigrate 2. a person who refuses to cooperate with a system or comply with a law because of a moral conviction How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| His burgeoning Jewish identity led him first to a Socialist Zionist summer camp, then on a dangerous mission to aid refuseniks in the Brezhnev-era Soviet Union--where he was arrested and threatened by the KGB--and finally, in his early twenties, to Tel Aviv. The five refuseniks spent more time in jail than any other conscientious objectors in Israeli history. This class will include political refuseniks, as well as those whose behavior has caused the system's software to deny their transactions. |
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