Soviet Union
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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