Everyone seemed to be sup-
porting someone else: the
men with biblical beards and
patriarchal faces; the women
in embroidered dresses, sur-
rounded by children. The
five-year-olds carried on
their backs the one-year-
olds.
And on every forehead, a
sticker bearing a number, so
that families would not
become separated. The
crowd was contained by a
rope, to ensure that no one
would be left in the darkness
of the land where their
ancestors had lived for
thousands of years.
Israeli soldiers in civilian
clothes and Jewish Agency
personnel waved flashlights
to guide the people toward
the airplane. But these were
only intermediaries. There
was no need to search for
analogies. I felt God Himself
was leading the column, as
in the Exodus from Egypt.
During the years of
struggle for the exodus from
Russia the evocation of the
departure from Egypt sus-
tained us, especially at
moments of loneliness and
dread. As I walked through
the Moscow night with KGB
tails following, or sat in
front of a KGB interrogator
who threatened death, or
endured hundreds of days
and nights in the cold of the
punishment cell, I tried to
remind myself of the larger
picture: Your history did not
begin with your birth or
with the birth of the Soviet
regime. You are continuing
an Exodus which began in
Egypt. History is with you.

It was not always easy to
feel this. Sometimes I had to
mobilize my whole imagina-
tion, summon all my inner
resources, to break through
the wall of prison. Modern
history also came to my aid:
Entebbe, when Israel sent
planes to rescue Jews in the
depths of Africa. The great
sacrifice of Yoni (Netanyahu,
the leader of the mission, who
was killed) whose picture was
on my wall until my arrest
and the daring of those with
him. These were my personal
guarantee that Israel would
not forsake me, that I too
would be rescued.
Now these two images fus-
ed. Toward us, across
thousands of years, Jews
moved in an unbroken line
from Egypt, but this time I
was among the Israelis
standing by the empty
airplane, in Africa, sent to
bring them out. The whole
struggle of the last two
decades flowed together un-
til they converged and
merged in this one picture.
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