Carmi Schwartz
Jewish communal executive with 90+ years in Jewish community service; former Executive of a Jewish Federation and Executive of CSS (Community Security Service).
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Jul 14, 2026
Carmi SchwartzGUEST
One, the, the, uh, the, uh, uh, state of Soviet Jewry was very, very high on the agenda, and Soviet Jewry needed to be free, and Soviet Jewry needed to be Jewish.
Carmi SchwartzGUEST
They ca- they came out with a name of Jewish only with no Jewish content, and our responsibility would be to help them be Jewish, behave Jewishly, et cetera.
Carmi SchwartzGUEST
Um, that's why we wanted them out, and that's why, uh, the, the, um, uh, basic issue was they get out.
Carmi SchwartzGUEST
And yet American Jewish organizations were agreeing for many of them to choose to come to America, and they chose.
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