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Committees

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Action Committee in Soviet Jewry, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0001
Abstract

Contains news Bulletin on Soviet Jewry": newspaper articles regarding the Action Committee in Soviet Jewry. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews 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.

Dates: 1968-1978

Box 1, 1968-1978

 File — Box B093.01.0001: Series B093.01 [Barcode: U186020739263]
Identifier: B093.01.0001
Abstract

(31) file folders include: Action Committee of Newcomers from Soviet Union; Anti-defamation League; Bay area council; Jews in the USSR; Multiple committee papers. 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