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Soviet Union

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 29 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

Action Committee of Newcomers from the Soviet Union, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0002
Abstract

Various background materials on Newcomers from the Soviet Union in Action Committees. 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

Angel Vinzer, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0036
Abstract

Materials related to Angel Vinzer.

Dates: 1968-1978

Anti-Defamation League, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0005
Abstract

Various materials related to the Anti-Defamation League.

Dates: 1968-1978

Art, Film - Russian, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0008
Abstract

Various materials related to Russian art and flim: "Escape to the Sun," Ossipov Balalaika Orchestra, "Soviet Union--Arts and Crafts: Ancient Times to Today," and Festival of the Torah Student.

Dates: 1968-1978

Box 4, 1968-1978

 File — Box B093.01.0004: Series B093.01 [Barcode: U186020739297]
Identifier: B093.01.0004
Abstract

(44) file folders include: ''Exodus'' publication; ''Hadassah''; American publications; Miscellaneous publications; Soviet jewry; Individual POC files; Soviet prisoners of conscience; Assorted people; Assorted biographies; Newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1968-1978

Catholic Women for Soviet Jews, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0017
Abstract

Various materials related to Catholic Women for Soviet Jews

Dates: 1968-1978

Collection on Lillian Hoffman

 Collection
Identifier: B331
Abstract

Collection contains books and videos, related to Lillian Hoffman from 1960 through 2014. Lillian Hoffman was a founding and active member of the Colorado Commitee of Concern for Soviet Jewry. She began public Jewish protests in Denver and was the first to speak to a Soviet Jewish prisoner.

Dates: 2009-2012

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 - Soviet Jewry - General Public, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0021
Abstract

Various materials related to the general public's committee on Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1968-1978