Collection. 1964-1996.

ArchivalResource

Collection. 1964-1996.

Correspondence, questionnaires and statistical information on refuseniks, press releases and publicity material, newsletters, photographs, publications, reel-to-reel tapes, audiocassettes, videotapes, CDs, and buttons, bumper stickers, posters, uniforms and other ephemera.

ca. 250 linear feet (l.f.)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7625126

Yeshiva University

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Birnbaum, Jacob, 1922-

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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...

Richter, Glenn

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