Soviet Union
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
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
''Exodus'', 1968-1978
File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0002
Abstract
Various materials and clippings from "Exodus," published by Soviet Jewry Action Group, located in San Francisco.
Dates:
1968-1978
Oral History Interviews on Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry, 1994 November 21
Item
Identifier: B098.01.0006.00155
Abstract
Discusses the inception, development and evolution of the Colorado Committee for Concern for Soviet Jewry. The group formed to advocate for the rights of Soviet Jews.
Dates:
1994 November 21