Hoffman, Lillian, 1913-1996
Person
Biography
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Committee for the Release of Soviet Jewry Prisoners, 1968-1978
File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0022
Abstract
Various materials related to the Committee for the Release of Soviet Jewry Prisoners.
Dates:
1968-1978