In America, you have to kill someone to get 12 years in prison. In Russia, you may just have to teach Hebrew

Name/Title

In America, you have to kill someone to get 12 years in prison. In Russia, you may just have to teach Hebrew

Entry/Object ID

SJ-106

Scope and Content

Poster describing plight of various Soviet Jews imprisoned for teaching Hebrew and other Jewish educational activities and encouraging advocacy for Soviet Jewry, with photo of a Hebrew teacher.

Collection

Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry Poster Collection

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Posters

Archive Details

Creator

Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry

Date(s) of Creation

1983

Archive Size/Extent

11.5" x 16"

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Digitized by the Metropolitan New York Library Council as part of the Culture In Transit project, funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Archive Items Details

Subjects

Student movements, Jews, Soviet, Jews--Persecutions, Antisemitism, Political prisoners, Human rights, Hebrew language--study and teaching, Refuseniks

Location

* Untyped Location

Yeshiva University Archives (New York, N.Y.)

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Elbert, Lev, Begun, Yosif, 1932-

Copyright

Notes

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