Gift of Wendy Eisen

Id no. 1999.P.134, Photograph

April 1980, Quebec, Montreal

Subject(s):  Save Soviet Jewry movement, Abroad, Passover, Demonstrations

Canadian poet Irving Layton leading a torch light march on behalf of Soviet Jewry. Banners translate from the French: "USSR Free the Jewish Prisoners of Conscience." Wendy Eisen, in the center, wears a sash referring to Ida Nudel, who was was exiled by the Soviet government in 1978 on the accusation of supplying information to American intelligence.