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Hoffman, Lillian, 1913-1996

 Person

Biography

Found in 3 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

''Fast for Freedom'', 1970

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0012
Abstract Materials related to the "Fast for Freedom." The first protest of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry was in 1970 when 33 members of the Colorado group carried out a three-day fast on the steps of the state capitol to commemorate the Night of the Murdered Poets. The Colorado Committee was the first to commemorate this event and continued the protest annually. The Night of the Murdered Poets was the execution of thirteen Soviet Jews in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow, Russian...
Dates: 1970

''Fast for Freedom'' Correspondence, 1970

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0014
Abstract Correspondence related to "Fast for Freedom" which occurred in Denver, Colorado. The first protest of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry was in 1970 when 33 members of the Colorado group carried out a three-day fast on the steps of the state capitol to commemorate the Night of the Murdered Poets. The Colorado Committee was the first to commemorate this event and continued the protest annually. The Night of the Murdered Poets was the execution of thirteen Soviet Jews in the...
Dates: 1970