Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Action Committee of Newcomers from the Soviet Union, 1968-1978
File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0002
Abstract
Various background materials on Newcomers from the Soviet Union in Action Committees. The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews created massive lists of Refuseniks and political prisoners in the Soviet Union (Prisoners of Conscience)." The Union and set up action committees in cities across the U.S. and began the "Adopt a Prisoner" program.
Dates:
1968-1978
Anti-Defamation League, 1968-1978
File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0005
Abstract
Various materials related to the Anti-Defamation League.
Dates:
1968-1978
Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records
Collection
Identifier: B093
Abstract
Soviet Jews who wanted to emigrate from the Soviet Union were known as "Refuseniks." American Jewish students formed the Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) in 1964 and the American Jewish Committee on Soviet Jewry (AJCSI) was also organized that year. Rabbi Samuel Adelman, rabbi of the BMH synagogue, spoke at Temple Emanuel and urged the liberal congregation to help Soviet Jews. Rabbi Raymond Zwerin, Sheldon Steinhauser, and Lillian Hoffman formed what became the Colorado Committee of Concern...
Dates:
1929-1996; Majority of material found within 1968-1978
Information from the U.S.S.R., 1968-1978
File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0017
Abstract
Materials and information from the U.S.S.R. regarding Soviet Jewry, undated materials
Dates:
1968-1978
Oral History Interviews on Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry, 1994 November 21
Item
Identifier: B098.01.0006.00155
Abstract
Discusses the inception, development and evolution of the Colorado Committee for Concern for Soviet Jewry. The group formed to advocate for the rights of Soviet Jews.
Dates:
1994 November 21
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- Archival Object 4
- Collection 1
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- Refuseniks 4
- Colorado 3
- Jews 3
- Jews, Soviet 3
- Committees 2
- Anti-Semitism 1
- Antisemitism 1
- Assimilation (Sociology) 1
- Emigration and immigration 1
- Jews -- Colorado -- Charities 1
- Jews -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States 1
- Nonprofit organizations 1
- Oral histories 1
- Political prisoners 1
- Protest and social movements 1
- Social advocacy -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Student protesters -- Colorado -- Denver 1 + ∧ less
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