Background
Laber, Jeri Lidsky was born on May 19, 1931 in New York City. Daughter of Louis and Mae (Zias) Lidsky.
(Though Jeri Laber earned a master's degree in Russian Stu...)
Though Jeri Laber earned a master's degree in Russian Studies at Columbia-an unusual accomplishment for a woman, at the height of the Cold War-marriage and motherhood became her principle occupations.
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After Jeri Laber earned a Master's degree in Russian studies at Columbia University, she became a part-time writer and editor and a full-time wife and mother. Then one day in 1973 she read an article about torture that altered her life and subsequently the lives of countless others around the world. The Courage of Strangers tells how Laber became a founder and the executive director of Helsinki Watch, which grew to be Human Rights Watch, one of the world's most influential organizations. She describes her secret trips to unwelcoming countries, where she met with some of the great political activists of the time. She also recalls what it was like to come of age professionally in an era when women were supposed to follow rather than lead; how she struggled to balance work and family; and how her fight for human rights informed her own intellectual, spiritual and emotional development. This story of the birth of the human rights movement is also a sweeping history of dissent and triumph in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Elegantly written, full of passion, humor and political wisdom, it is exciting history as well as a moving, entertaining, inspiring story of a woman's life.
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Laber, Jeri Lidsky was born on May 19, 1931 in New York City. Daughter of Louis and Mae (Zias) Lidsky.
Bachelor, New York University, New York City, 1952. Master of Arts, Columbia University, New York City, 1954. Certified Russian Institute, Columbia University, New York City, 1954.
Foreign editor, Current Digest of Soviet Press, 1954-1956; publications director, Institute for Study of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, New York City, 1958-1970; free-lance author, journalist, 1970-1977; executive director, International Freedom to Publish Committee, Association American Publications, New York City, since 1977; director, Fund for Free Expression, New York City, 1977-1979; executive director, Helsinki Watch, New York City, 1979-1995; senior adviser, Human Rights Watch, New York City, since 1995. Vice-chair International Helsinki Federation, Vienna, Austria, 1986-1993. Member visiting committee New School Social Research, New York City, 1990-1996.
(Though Jeri Laber earned a master's degree in Russian Stu...)
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Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences (honorary). Member Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Austin A. Laber, October 3, 1954 (divorced 1982). Children: Abigail, Pamela, Emily. Married Charles M. Kuskin, June 19, 1994.