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Israel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

Oral Histories, 1984-2021

 Series
Identifier: B452.01
Abstract

This series contains Oral history interviews with members of the Grünfeld/Heimann family who discuss their escape from Nazi Germany and experiences as refugees.

Dates: 1984-2021

Oral History Interview with Amalia Banker, 1978 August 25

 Item
Identifier: B098.04.0007.00001
Abstract

Topics include: Early life and memories, emigration from Jerusalem, emigration to Denver.

Dates: 1978 August 25

Oral History Interview with Carol Leight, 1978 July 14

 Item
Identifier: B098.11.0010.00006
Abstract

Topics cover Carol’s time serving with the NCJW, first as VP in the early 1960s and as president from 1967-1969; talks about Council’s work in the Civil Rights Movement and in the Middle East.

Dates: 1978 July 14

Peryle and Ira Beck in Israel, 1972

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0041.00062
Abstract

Peryle and Ira Beck among a crowd at an old folks home during a tour to Israel. Peryle stands near the left in a plaid jacket. Ira stands behind her wearing a black beret.

Dates: 1972

Peryle and Ira Beck in Israel, 1972

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0041.00064
Abstract

Ira Beck (far left) in a shelter for children at Kibbutz in Golan Heights, Israel during a tour of Israel with Peryle Beck.

Dates: 1972

Peryle and Ira Beck in Israel, 1972

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0041.00065
Abstract

Ira Beck (lower center) at Golan Heights, Israel during a tour of Israel with Peryle Beck.

Dates: 1972

Photographs, bulk: 1960 - 1963

 File
Identifier: B174.03.0002.0010
Abstract

File Folder ten: Photographs of Elizabeth Bronfin on a trip to visit extended family, portraits of Edward Bronfin, and portraits of Elizabeth Bronfin with unidentified persons.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1963

POC/ Alexandrovich, Ruth, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0025
Abstract

Fact sheet and materials related to Ruth Alexandrovich. 24-year-old Ruth Alexandrovich was a heroine of the Jewish Resistance in Riga, Latvia. On October 7, 1970, a week before her wedding, the KGB imprisoned her for years before she and her fiance were allowed to immigrate to Israel.

Dates: 1968-1978

POC/Poltinnikov, Isaac, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0033
Abstract Materials related to Dr. Isaac Poltinnikov. Dr. Poltinnikov was an eye surgeon at Novosibirsk Medical University when he sought permission to immigrate to Israel. He was dismissed from the university and imprisoned on and off. After seven years of harrassment, his wife and daughter Victoria became paranoid and refused to believe that they had finally received permission to emigrate. After Isaac Pollinnikov joined his daughter Eleanor in Israel, his wife starved and his daughter Victoria...
Dates: 1968-1978