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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?”

Chapter 16“To go in,” Leiby stuck his foot inside the door before it could

be slammed shut, and with surprising alacrity slipped his way
inside.

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acco“mBopya,nwiehdatthaeremyoenu douirningghdearev?e”nAingyoinuntghemsamn awllasmsiintytianng in
thatththeecyorhnaedr eosftathbelisrhoeodminarrthanegbinasgemboetntlte,saannddLbeoixbeysfoefltdtihaetrent
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attaacsktotnhiasthwmaesnts.till bothering them – it was more than that.
Wh“aIthwaavse gtooicnhgaonng?e my identity.”
Afte“rWdhavy?e”ning he buttonholed Shneur, a Lubavitcher chassid
who had arrived with the ashlon24 directly from the Soviet
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men. e man looked at him disbelievingly, apparently suspicious of
“Wshoamt heaspoprtenoefdc?o”nL, beiubtyinastkheed.end he decided to play along.

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RebbdeicRtaytyo”rt’zs,cwlehaonhsiandg ienfsftorrutc. ted his chassidim to leave Russia.