Joel G. Ackerman Soviet Jewry collection undated, 1948, 1965, 1967, 1975-1988

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Joel G. Ackerman Soviet Jewry collection undated, 1948, 1965, 1967, 1975-1988

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Contains newsletters and related documents composed by San Francisco area organizations pertaining to Soviet Jewry. The newsletters are composed by American Jewish activists on behalf of Soviet Jewish refuseniks and refugees. The documents provide insight into the daily lives of Soviet Jewry and the American Jewish fight for Soviet freedom during the 1970s and 1980s. The newsletters document different organizations and attempts to aid Soviet Jewry, their status and their plight. Organizational newsletters included are from such organizations as: The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Bay Area Council on Soviet Jewry and Northern California Lawyers' Committee for Soviet Jews. Highlights of the collection include UN Human Rights documents, the Pesach Project (1978-1979) and Twinning programs for Bar/Bat Mitzvah.

5 linear feet (10 manuscript boxes), and 1 oversized folder

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American Jewish Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6345590

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Ackerman, Joel G.

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The American Soviet Jewry Movement was the effort of thousands of American Jews of all denominations and political orientations to stop the persecution and discrimination of Soviet Jews. It was initiated in the early 1960s and triumphed at the end of the Soviet era, when approximately 1.5 million of Soviet Jews left the USSR for Israel, United States and other democratic countries. The Movement, though not a formal structure but rather a network of loosely connected structures, unif...

Nudel, Ida

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Northern California Lawyers' Committee for Soviet Jews

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Scientists Committee of Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry

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National Council for Soviet Jewry of the United Kingdom and Ireland

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Soviet Jewry Legal Advocacy Center

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Begun, Yosif, 1932-

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Union of Councils for Soviet Jews

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Shcharansky, Anatoly

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Bay Area Council on Soviet Jewry

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