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Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), originally Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, was founded in Chicago in 1913 to fight antisemitism and other forms of bigotry and discrimination. In 2009, ADL became independent of B’nai B’rith and changed its name to Anti-Defamation League. Its activities include investigation and documentation of antisemitism, extremism, and other forms of hate in the United States; and litigation, education, and policy advocacy regarding the subjects of antisemitism, ext...

Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry

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The Center for Russian Jewry (CRJ) with Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) was founded by Jacob Birnbaum in 1964. Prior to 1963, the American Jewish community had taken little public interest in or action regarding the condition or fate of Soviet Jewry. The situation changed after a resurgence of virulent anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union in 1963. The civil rights movement in the United States came to maturity during the early 1960s and made open protest and even civil disobedience accepte...

Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism

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Cleveland organization founded in 1963, by three NASA scientists, to help Soviet Jews to emigrate and to monitor anti-semitism in the USSR. The movement spread to other cities in North America and led to the formation of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews to coordinate the local groups. From the description of Records 1963-1983. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17645083 click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Clev...

Conference on the Status of Soviet Jews

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Union of Councils for Soviet Jews

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United Jewish Appeal

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