Human rights activist and current chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington on November 9, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

Human rights activist and current chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington on November 9, 2009.

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  1. Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician, speaks to students at the Lipman school he visits as chairman of the Jewish agency, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Sept. 1 is widely celebrated across Russia as the Day of Knowledge and marks the beginning of the school year.
  2. Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician, speaks with students at the Lipman school he visits as chairman of the Jewish agency, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Sept. 1 is widely celebrated across Russia as the Day of Knowledge and marks the beginning of the school year.
  3. Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician, speaks as he visits the Lipman school as chairman of the Jewish agency, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Sept. 1 is widely celebrated across Russia as the Day of Knowledge and marks the beginning of the school year.
  4. Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician, seen at the Lipman school he visits as chairman of the Jewish agency, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Sept. 1 is widely celebrated across Russia as the Day of Knowledge and marks the beginning of the school year.
  5. Human rights activist and current chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington,DC on November 9, 2009.
  6. Human rights activist and current chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington,DC on November 9, 2009.
  7. Human rights activist and current chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington on November 9, 2009.
  8. Human rights activist and current chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington,DC on November 9, 2009.
  9. FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2209 file photo Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician, speaks to students at the Lipman school he visited as chairman of the Jewish agency, in Moscow, Russia. An ad campaign against Jewish assimilation, co-sponsored by the Jewish Agency and Israeli government, has been yanked after outraging Jews abroad, an official said Wednesday, laying bare the sometimes fraught relations between residents of the Jewish homeland and world Jewry.
  10. Jewish children with flowers head to classrooms at the Lipman Jewish Day school in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Sept. 1 is widely celebrated across Russia as the Day of Knowledge and marks the beginning of the school year. Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician, visited the Lipman school on Tuesday as chairman of the Jewish agency.
  11. Jewish children hold flowers at the Lipman Jewish Day school in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Sept. 1 is widely celebrated across Russia as the Day of Knowledge and marks the beginning of the school year. Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident and Israeli politicain, visited the Lipman school on Tuesday as chairman of the Jewish agency.

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