Back in St. Petersburg, former refusenik encourages aliya
Mendelevitch was imprisoned for 11 years for trying to hijack a plane to escape the Soviet Union; now a Jerusalem resident, he returns to country of origin to attend Limmud FSU.
Rabbi Yosef Mendelevitch at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, Nov. 30, 2014(photo credit: JTA)ByJTA
