Jews -- Colorado -- Denver
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Box 14: Michelle R. Zellinger Babi Yar Interview Materials, September 29, 2019
File
Identifier: B110.03.0014
Abstract
This box contains one (1) folder of materials related to Michelle Zelinger's Babi Yar Park interview, including image stills and a description.
Dates:
September 29, 2019
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