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Jewish committee had organized the event. What was the
organization all about, and what were its objectives?

Leiby tried to enter the backstage rooms, but a hefty guard
stopped him. Undaunted, he circled the outside of the building
and discovered a discreet side door that took him just to the
place he was looking for.

e door to the room was locked, and Leiby knocked rmly.
After a few minutes, the door was opened by an elderly
maintenance worker.

“What do you want?”

“To go in,” Leiby stuck his foot inside the door before it could

Chapter 16be slammed shut, and with surprising alacrity slipped his way

inside.

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“Boayc, cwohmaptaanrieedyotuhedominegn hdeurrei?n”gAdayovuennigngmiann twheasssmitatlilngminyan
the tchoartntehreoyf hthaed reosotamblaisrhraendgingthbeotbtalessemanedntb,oaxneds oLfedibiyefreelnt tthat
colosroemd etmhainkgeuapwfiunl ahasduitrcaansesp, iarendd. Ihtewsatsarendot ajtusLt eyiebsyterinday’s
astoantitsahcmk ethnat.t was still bothering them – it was more than that.
“I hWavehatot wchaasnggoeinmgyoind?entity.”
“WAhyf?te”r davening he buttonholed Shneur, a Lubavitcher chassid

who had arrived with the ashlon24 directly from the Soviet
“BeUcanuisoent.heHpeolwicaesaraelwafatyesr mchee,”erLfuelibyanddisculosuseadllythseutcrcuetehd.e“dI in
helpcehdeesrminugggulpe Jthewe soothveerr trhefeubgoeerdsetrotoo, bPuotlannodw, ahned lforoomkedthseerreious
theya’nredgwoiinthgdtroawtrnavaenl dtobEarreetlzy Yexiscrhaaenl.g”ed a word with the other

emmeann. looked at him disbelievingly, apparently suspicious of
som“eWsohrattohfacpopne,nbeudt?i”nLtehiebyenadskhede.decided to play along.

Iron C2u4rtain inA1sh94lo7n, –MaicchoanevloisydoiefdreifnuageroesadwahcochidaednftlestdafgreodmbtyhSetaSolinvi,eatnUdnion
the otothPeorlamnedm, obregrasnoizfetdhebycoLmubmaivttitecehewrecrheaesxsildeidmt,ouSnidberitahaesdpiraercttoiofnthoef the
dictaRteobr’bseclReyayn”stizn,gwehffoohrta.d instructed his chassidim to leave Russia.