On a cold December 6, 1987, 250,000 Jewish freedom advocates gathered peacefully on the National Mall in Washington strongly urging the Kremlin to allow the persecuted and oppressed Soviet Jewry to go free and leave the USSR in the name of Glasnost (openness). This rally set the path for human rights advocacy as a major focal point for subsequent international diplomatic affairs, making this a very special and significant point in history we should all remember on this day marking its 30 year anniversary we call Freedom Sunday.
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