Saving A Nation
He took part in the rescue of Persian Jewry. In 1975 the Shah was still in power in Iran and although the country was secular, Jews had very few rights and were not allowed to study Torah. Rabbi Neuberger brought a small group of Iranian youngsters to the Yeshiva with the intent that they would go back to Iran after receiving their Rabbinnical degrees to become educators. Before the plan began to bear fruit, it was 1979 and the Ayatollas took command stripping Persian Jews of any rights and dignity that remained. Through a series of connections, Rabbi Neuberger worked to help over 60,000 Jews escape from Iran in an operation still in effect today.
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