Natan Sharansky

Natan Scharanskij - sovetskij dissident (v 1970-e) i uspeshnyj izrailskij politik (na rubezhe 1990-kh i nulevykh). On borolsja za pravo sovetskikh evreev na repatriatsiju v Izrail i byl odnim iz osnovatelej Moskovskoj Khelsinkskoj gruppy. Scharanskogo arestovali v marte 1977-go - po obvineniju v "izmene Rodine", shpionazhe i antisovetskoj agitatsii, prigovorili k 13 godam zakljuchenija i vypustili v 1986-m, uzhe v perestrojku, posle mnogochislennykh demonstratsij po vsemu miru. Spustja pjat let, v 1991 godu, po-russki vpervye vyshla kniga "Ne ubojus zla", v kotoroj Scharanskij rasskazyvaet o svoej borbe s sovetskoj vlastju. Eta kniga - odnovremenno i psikhologicheskij triller, i politicheskij detektiv, i glubokoe razmyshlenie o prirode totalitarizma. Aleksej Navalnyj, sidja v tjurme, chital knigu Scharanskogo, perepisyvalsja s avtorom i upominal ee v svoem pervom zajavlenii posle naznachenija 19-letnego sroka za "ekstremizm". Uverjaem vas: vam budet ochen trudno otorvatsja ot chtenija.Aleksej Navalnyj: "Ja realno ne predstavljaju, kak on vyzhil... Chitaja ego knigu, ja inogda trjasu golovoj, chtoby izbavitsja ot oschuschenija, chto ja chitaju svoe lichnoe delo. Naprimer: zdanie SHIZO/PKT - otdelnyj barak za koljuchej provolokoj. Maksimalnyj srok v SHIZO - 15 sutok. I ja ne udivilsja, kogda posle neskolkikh "pjatnashek" podrjad menja kak zlostnogo narushitelja pereveli v PKT na polgoda. Odin v odin".Aleksej Navalnyj - Natanu Scharanskomu"Ja khochu poblagodarit za etu knigu, ona mne ochen pomogla i pomogaet. Da, ja sizhu v SHIZO, no, kogda chitaesh o Vashikh 400 dnjakh v kartsere, na ponizhennoj forme pitanija, ponimaesh, chto est ljudi, plativshie gorazdo bolshuju tsenu za svoi ubezhdenija. Ja smotrju na foto otkrytki, kotoruju prisylala Vam Avital, - v nej vse slova zashtrikhovany. Potom idu na sud, gde mne dokazyvajut, chto sozhzhenie pisem, otpravlennykh mne, - zakonno. Ved v nikh byl "shifr". I ja ponimaju, chto ja ne pervyj, no ochen khochetsja stat poslednim, ili khotja by odnim iz poslednikh, kto vynuzhden eto terpet. Vasha kniga vseljaet nadezhdu, potomu chto skhodstvo dvukh sistem - Sovetskogo Sojuza i putinskoj Rossii, ikh ideologicheskoe skhodstvo, litsemerie, sluzhaschee samoj osnovoj ikh suschnosti, i preemstvennost ot pervoj ko vtoroj - vse eto garantiruet stol zhe neizbezhnyj krakh. Podobno tomu, svideteljami kotorogo my stali. Glavnoe - sdelat vernye vyvody, chtoby eto gosudarstvo lzhi i litsemerija ne zashlo na novyj krug".

Натан Щаранский родился в 1948 году в Сталино, ныне Донецк, Украина. Был участником правозащитного движения в СССР и одним из лидеров борьбы за право советских евреев репатриироваться в Израиль. В 1976 Щаранский стал одним из основателей группы по соблюдению Хельсинкских соглашений, которая отслеживала нарушения этих соглашений в том числе и по отношению к различным религиозным и национальным группам в Советском Союзе. В 1977 году арестован по обвинению в измене родине и в шпионаже. После девяти лет заключения освобожден 11 февраля 1986 года. 1996-2005 - министр и заместитель премьер-министра четырех израильских правительств.Алексей Навальный Я реально не представляю, как он выжил... Читая его книгу, я иногда трясу головой, чтобы избавиться от ощущения, что я читаю свое личное дело. Например здание ШИЗО/ПКТ - отдельный барак за колючей проволокой. Максимальный срок в ШИЗО - 15 суток. И я не удивился, когда после нескольких "пятнашек" подряд меня как злостного нарушителя перевели в ПКТ на полгода. Один в один.

A classic account of courage, integrity, and most of all, belongingIn 1977, Natan Sharansky, a leading activist in the democratic dissident movement in the Soviet Union and the movement for free Jewish emigration, was arrested by the KGB. He spent nine years as a political prisoner, convicted of treason against the state. Every day, Sharansky fought for individual freedom in the face of overt tyranny, a struggle that would come to define the rest of his life.Never Alone reveals how Sharansky's years in prison, many spent in harsh solitary confinement, prepared him for a very public life after his release. As an Israeli politician and the head of the Jewish Agency, Sharansky brought extraordinary moral clarity and uncompromising, often uncomfortable, honesty. His story is suffused with reflections from his time as a political prisoner, from his seat at the table as history unfolded in Israel and the Middle East, and from his passionate efforts to unite the Jewish people.Written with frankness, affection, and humor, the book offers us profound insights from a man who embraced the essential human struggle: to find his own voice, his own faith, and the people to whom he could belong.

A classic account of courage, integrity and most of all, belonging.In 1977, after serving as a leading activist for the democratic dissident movement in the Soviet Union and the movement for free Jewish emigration from there, Natan Sharansky was arrested. He spent nine years as a political prisoner, convicted of treason against the state. In fact, Sharansky was fighting for individual freedom in the face of overt tyranny, a struggle that would come to define the rest of his life. In Never Alone, Natan Sharansky and historian Gil Troy show how Sharansky's years in prison, many spent in harsh solitary confinement, prepared him for a very public life after his release. As an Israeli politician and the head of the Jewish Agency, Sharansky brought extraordinary moral clarity and uncompromising, often uncomfortable, honesty. Never a follower of tradition for tradition's sake, or someone who placed expediency or convenience ahead of consistent values, Sharansky was an often awkward political colleague but always visionary in his appreciation of where the real threats to freedom lay. Never Alone is suffused with reflections from his time as a political prisoner, from his seat at the table as history unfolded in Israel and the Middle East, along with his passionate efforts to unite the Jewish people.Written with frankness, affection, and humor, the book offers us profound insights from a man who embraced the essential human struggle: to find his own voice when it was denied him, his own faith and the people to whom he could belong.

The most comprehensive Zionist collection ever published, The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland-Then, Now, Tomorrow sheds light on the surprisingly diverse and shared visions for realizing Israel as a democratic Jewish state. Building on Arthur Hertzberg’s classic, The Zionist Idea, Gil Troy explores the backstories, dreams, and legacies of more than 170 passionate Jewish visionaries-quadruple Hertzberg’s original number, and now including women, mizrachim, and others-from the 1800s to today. Troy divides the thinkers into six Zionist schools of thought-Political, Revisionist, Labor, Religious, Cultural, and Diaspora Zionism-and reveals the breadth of the debate and surprising syntheses. He also presents the visionaries within three major stages of Zionist development, demonstrating the length and evolution of the conversation. Part 1 (pre-1948) introduces the pioneers who founded the Jewish state, such as Herzl, Gordon, Jabotinsky, Kook, Ha’am, and Szold. Part 2 (1948 to 2000) features builders who actualized and modernized the Zionist blueprints, such as Ben-Gurion, Berlin, Meir, Begin, Soloveitchik, Uris, and Kaplan. Part 3 showcases today’s torchbearers, including Barak, Grossman, Shaked, Lau, Yehoshua, and Sacks. This mosaic of voices will engage equally diverse readers in reinvigorating the Zionist conversation-weighing and developing the moral, social, and political character of the Jewish state of today and tomorrow.

Natan Sharansky believes that the truest expression of democracy is the ability to stand in the middle of a town square and express one's views without fear of imprisonment. He should know. A dissident in the USSR, Sharansky was jailed for nine years for challenging Soviet policies. During that time he reinforced his moral conviction that democracy is essential to both protecting human rights and maintaining global peace and security. Sharansky was catapulted onto the Israeli political stage in 1996. In the last eight years, he has served as a minister in four different Israeli cabinets, including a stint as Deputy Prime Minister, playing a key role in government decision making from the peace negotiations at Wye to the war against Palestinian terror. In his views, he has been as consistent as he has been stubborn: Tyranny, whether in the Soviet Union or the Middle East, must always be made to bow before democracy. Drawing on a lifetime of experience of democracy and its absence, Sharansky believes that only democracy can safeguard the well-being of societies. For Sharansky, when it comes to democracy, politics is not a matter of left and right, but right and wrong. This is a passionately argued book from a man who carries supreme moral authority to make the case he does here: that the spread of democracy everywhere is not only possible, but also essential to the survival of our civilization. His argument is sure to stir controversy on all sides this is arguably the great issue of our times.