Name/Title
American Jewish Historical Society finding aid for the Seattle Action for Soviet Jewry RecordsEntry/Object ID
SJ-887Scope and Content
The Seattle Action for Soviet Jewry records date from 1972-1997 with the bulk in the late 1970s through 1980s. The collection includes administrative files, documents pertaining to various local and national institutions, programs and activities related to the Soviet Jewry movement, reports of trips to visit Jews in the U.S.S.R., information on U.S.-U.S.S.R. trade relations, Soviet laws and Soviet Antisemitism, information on Seattle’s sister city Tashkent. Besides the series with the general materials the collection features a series with files concerning Soviet Jewish Prisoners of Conscience, and Refuseniks and an audio-visual series with photographs of Soviet Jews and local and national coverage of the events related to Soviet Jewry.Collection
Seattle Action for Soviet Jewry RecordsLexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Correspondence, Photographs, Newsletters, Clippings, Audiocassettes, Videocassettes, Minutes, Memorandums, Handwritten notesArchive Details
Creator
Seattle Action for Soviet JewryDate(s) of Creation
1972 - 1997Archive Size/Extent
6.5 Linear Feet (13 manuscript boxes)Primary Language
English, RussianArchive Items Details
Subjects
Jews, Soviet, Refuseniks, Emigration & immigration, Antisemitism, Human rights, Former Soviet republics, Bar mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, Political prisoners, Refugees, Political activists, Jews -- Washington -- SeattleLocation
* Untyped Location
American Jewish Historical SocietyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Nudel, Ida, Shcharansky, Anatoly, Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, National Conference on Soviet Jewry (U.S.), Balint, Judy Lash, 1952-Copyright
Notes
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