Shaul Osadchey Papers undated, 1968-1978, 1980-1981, 1983-1992 (bulk 1970-1988)

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Shaul Osadchey Papers undated, 1968-1978, 1980-1981, 1983-1992 (bulk 1970-1988)

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Papers of Rabbi Shaul Osadchey cover the period from the late 1960’s to the early 1990’s and reflect the activities of Houston Action for Soviet Jewry, co-founded by Rabbi Osadchey. The collection also contains print and near print materials from various American and European Soviet Jewry Movement organizations, and background information on the situation of Jews in the Soviet Union during that period. The documents include correspondence, memos, minutes, publications, news clippings, pins, stickers and a kippah.

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Union of Councils for Soviet Jews

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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...