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Foreword / Natan Sharansky -- Prologue: Theodor Herzl and the Zionist dream -- Pt. 1. EARLY EFFORTS TO SAVE THE "JEWS OF SILENCE" 1920-1967. The Bolshevik Campaign to eradicate Judaism -- Chabad's clandestine activities to keep Judaism alive -- Secret operations sponsored by the Israeli government -- Western voices for the Jews of silence -- Sowing the seeds of a grassroots movement -- Mobilizing a critical mass in New York -- Pt. 2. SOVIET JEWISH RESISTANCE AND RENAISSANCE 1967-1990. I am a Jew and Israel is my homeland -- The foiled hijacking that launched and international movement -- You will never leave the Soviet Union -- Teach Hebrew, go to prison -- The Refusenik community casts its own safety nets -- Pt. 3. THE HUMAN RIGHTS CONNECTION 1968-1986.Andrei Sakharov, champion of human rights -- The Helsinki watch groups -- Natan Sharansky, prisoner of Zion, spokesman for democracy -- Pt. 4. SUPPORT GROUPS IN THE FREE WORLD 1967-2007. Two conferences on Soviet Jewry -- Grassroots activism in California -- The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews -- Support from American Christian and Jewish clergy -- European activism for Soviet Jewry -- Support from the medical and scientific communities -- HIAS support for Soviet Jews going to America -- Pt. 5. AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT 1972-2007. U.S. Congressional action links trade to emigration -- The Congressional human rights caucus -- Advocacy from Reagan's State Department -- Pt. 6. POST-SOVIET CAMPAIGNS 1991-2007. Help my people go -- Let my people know -- Let my people go -- Let my people know -- Let my people live -- Aliyah activist Memorial in Israel.