The History of Soviet Jewish Hijackers—and Why It Matters tabletmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tabletmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Fifty years ago, these refuseniks tried to hijack a plane and they're still soaring Photos: Menachem Kalish, Mishpacha archives ITwas June 1970, and after decades of Soviet oppression, a small band of Jewish refuseniks decided to hijack an empty propeller plane and steer it out of Sov
Orchestrators of the ‘Operation Wedding’, as the hijacking attempt was codenamed, were immediately busted by the KGB, but the conspirators had achieved more than they could have wished for.