Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry, records undated, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1969-1970, 1972-2010 (Bulk 1975-2010)

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Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry, records undated, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1969-1970, 1972-2010 (Bulk 1975-2010)

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The records of Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry (CASJ, after 1991 known as Chicago Action for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, CAJFSU), a grassroots volunteer organization dedicated to helping Soviet Jews emigrate from the Soviet Union and protecting the Refuseniks. CASJ was founded in the early 1970s as a result of the formation of the national organization, the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, which included approximately 50 other local councils. The collection documents the CASJs activities from its inception until it closed in 2010. The collection also features materials related to the activities of CASJ’s umbrella organization, Union of Councils for Soviet Jews and its legal arm Soviet Jewry Legal Advocacy Center. The materials include correspondence, memoranda, case files, trip reports, publications, photographs, posters, audio, video, and three-dimensional artifacts.

178 linear feet, 325 manuscript boxes, 13 bankers boxes, 1 OS6 Box, 1 MAP folder

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American Jewish Historical Society

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