Records of the Houston Action for Soviet Jewry 1966-1997 (bulk 1984-1993)

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Records of the Houston Action for Soviet Jewry 1966-1997 (bulk 1984-1993)

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This collection contains the institutional records of the Houston Action for Soviet Jewry, mainly news clippings, correspondence, files about refuseniks, and various materials and programs for events which Houston Action for Soviet Jewry sponsored or was involved with. There are also some materials from other organizations set up to aid Soviet Jewry, including the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews, the Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. Many of these materials concern the situation of Jews in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as in the 1990s, soon after the end of the Soviet Union.

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American Jewish Historical Society

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Houston Action for Soviet Jewry

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The Records of the Houston Action for Soviet Jewry (HASJ) is one of the collections within the Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement (AASJM) at the American Jewish Historical Society. These papers reflect the effort, beginning in the 1960s through the late 1980s, of thousands of American Jews of all denominations and political orientations to stop the persecution and discrimination of Jews in the Soviet Union. The American Soviet Jewry Movement (ASJM) is considered to be one...

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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...

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