Rest easy Boris- you are yet another hero of Am Yisrael.
"Boris Kutzbievsky z"l passed away.
Most Israelis don't know this name. We all owe him a debt of gratitude. Boris's father was murdered at Babi Yar, on the eve of Yom Kippur 1941. Along with 33,771 Jews of Kyiv. In 1968, at an official Soviet memorial ceremony at the massacre site, no one uttered the word "Jews." Boris, a 30-year-old radio engineer, took the stage uninvited. He said: The victims were Jews. You can't erase their identity. Later, he wrote an open letter to Brezhnev. "I am a Jew. I want to live in Israel." Just like that, simply. In the Soviet Union. Less than a week later, the KGB took him to a psychiatric hospital for the mentally ill. Then a trial, and three years in a labor camp. His face appeared on posters and pins in the United States. He was the first face of the struggle to free Soviet Jews. Because of him and others like him, the door opened. Twenty years later, a million of us passed through it. Including me. In 1972, he immigrated to Israel. Worked at Tadiran, raised three children, lived in Jerusalem. Quietly. Without fanfare.
Thank you, Boris. For the courage. For the door. The funeral will take place today (Monday) at 14:00 at Yarkon Cemetery. The family asks that you come to accompany him on his final journey. He deserves it.
May his memory be a blessing."
ื ืคืืจ ืืืจืืก ืงืืฆโืืืืืืกืงื ืืดื.
ืจืื ืืืฉืจืืืื ืื ืืืืจืื ืืช ืืฉื ืืื. ืืืื ื ืืืืืื ืื.
ืืืื ืฉื ืืืจืืก ื ืจืฆื ืืืืื ืืืจ, ืขืจื ืืื ืืืคืืจืื 1941. ืืื ืขื ืขืื 33,771 ืืืืื ืงืืื.
ื-1968, ืืืงืก ืืืืจืื ืจืฉืื ืืืชืจ ืืืื ืืืจืืช ืืืืขืฆืืช, ืืฃ ืืื ืื ืืืจ ืืช ืืืืื ืดืืืืืืืด. ืืืจืืก, ืืื ืืก ืจืืื ืื ืฉืืืฉืื, ืขืื ืืืื ืืื ืฉืืืืื ื ืืืชื. ืืื ืืืจ: ืืงืืจืื ืืช ืืื ืืืืืื. ืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืืง ืืื ืืช ืืืืืช.
ืืืจ ืื ืืชื ืืืชื ืืืื ืืืจืโื ืืื. ืดืื ื ืืืืื. ืื ื ืจืืฆื ืืืืืช ืืืฉืจืืืด. ืืื, ืืคืฉืืืช. ืืืจืืช ืืืืขืฆืืช.
ืคืืืช ืืฉืืืข ืืืจื ืื, ืืง.ื.ื. ืืงื ืืืชื ืืืืช ืืืืื ืืืืื ื ืคืฉ. ืืืจ ืื ืืฉืคื, ืืฉืืืฉ ืฉื ืื ืืืื ื ืขืืืื.
ืืคื ืื ืฉืื ืืืคืืขื ืขื ืืจืืืช ืืกืืืืช ืืืจืฆืืช ืืืจืืช. ืืื ืืื ืืคื ืื ืืจืืฉืื ืืช ืฉื ืืืืืง ืืฉืืจืืจ ืืืืื ืืจืืช ืืืืขืฆืืช. ืืืืืชื ืืืืืืช ืืืจืื ืืืืื, ืืืืช ื ืคืชืื. ืขืฉืจืื ืฉื ื ืืืจื, ืขืืจื ื ืื ืืืืืื ืืืฉ. ืื ืื ื.
ื-1972 ืืื ืขืื ืืืฉืจืื. ืขืื ืืชืืืจืื, ืืืื ืฉืืืฉื ืืืืื, ืื ืืืจืืฉืืื. ืืฉืงื. ืืื ืืืชืืืจ.
ืชืืื, ืืืจืืก. ืขื ืืืืืฅ. ืขื ืืืืช.
ืืืืืื ืชืชืงืืื ืืืื (ืฉื ื) ืืฉืขื 14:00 ืืืืช ืืขืืืื ืืจืงืื. ืืืฉืคืื ืืืงืฉืช ืฉืชืืืื ืืืืืช ืืืชื ืืืจืื ืืืืจืื ื. ืืื ืจืืื ืืื. ืืื ืืืจื ืืจืื.