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Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry

 Organization

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Clippings - The Jewish Press, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0003.0007
Abstract

Clippings from the Jewish Press.

Dates: 1968-1978

Clippings - undated, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0003.0019
Abstract

Clippings from newspapers regarding Soviet Jewry, undated.

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

General Correspondence, 1969-1973

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0027
Abstract

General Correspondence of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1969-1973

Lists of People, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0004
Abstract

Information on particular groups or classes of prisoners and dissenters. The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. The Union created massive lists of Refuseniks and political prisoners in the Soviet Union (Prisoners of Conscience)." The Union set up action committees in cities across the U.S. and began the "Adopt a Prisoner" program. The Colorado Committee was a member of the Union of Councils.

Dates: 1968-1978

Miscellaneous Notes, 1973-1974

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0003.0023
Abstract

Various materials and miscellaneous notes regarding Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1973-1974

Movement for Liberation of Soviet Jews and Other Oppressed Jewry, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0024
Abstract

Miscellaneous public materials related to the Movement for Liberation of Soviet Jews and Other Oppressed Jewry.

Dates: 1968-1978

National Committee for Soviet Jewry Newsletter - Vol. 1, No. 1, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0026
Abstract

Copy of the National Committee for Soviet Jewry Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1

Dates: 1968-1978

Newspaper Clippings, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0045
Abstract

Newspaper clippings on Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1968-1978

Newspaper Clippings, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0034
Abstract

Contains newpaper clippings.

Dates: 1968-1978

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  • Subject: Jews, Soviet X
  • Subject: Protest and social movements X
  • Subject: Refuseniks X

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Type
Archival Object 52
Collection 1
 
Subject
Denver (Colo.) 34
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 16
Political prisoners 15
Soviet Union 6
Nonprofit organizations 4