American Jewish Historical Society finding aid for the Shaul Osadchey papers
Entry/Object ID
SJ-951
Scope and Content
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.
2 Linear Feet (4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Primary Language
English, Russian
Archive Items Details
Subjects
Jews, Soviet, Refuseniks, Emigration & immigration, Antisemitism, Human rights, Political activists, Political prisoners, Refugees, Former Soviet republics, Hunger strikes, Rabbis, Jews -- Texas -- Houston
Location
* Untyped Location
American Jewish Historical Society
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, B'nai B'rith. Ant-defamation League, Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, Houston Action for Soviet Jewry, Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism
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