Ubiquitous Chabad-Lubavitch propaganda, disseminated by the minions of their faith, some fellow travelers, and various naive others, puts forth a notion that they saved Yiddishkeit and Torah in the Soviet Union. That others fled, gave up, succumbed to the persecution and difficult conditions.
The reality however, is different. Though much of it may not be as well known as the Chabad tales to many.
ב"ה, over time, more has come out about the mainstream Yiddishkeit in the USSR and its heroes. In that vein, I was very happy to see a great account about two talmidim of the Radin yeshiva of the Chofetz Chaim zt"l, and their monumental work in הרבצת התורה והיהדות behind The Iron Curtain, in the latest issue of Mishpacha magazine.
Read and learn, read and be inspired, read and enjoy.
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Very interesting. The author had no problem mentioning the Rayatz, but Chabad propaganda teaches that they alone kept Torah alive in the Soviet Union.
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