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Jews -- Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Action for Post-Soviet Jewry Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-018
Abstract

This collection contains subject files, project files, correspondence, programs, brochures, meeting minutes, financial records, newsletters, case files, and photographs documenting the activities and administration of Action for Post-Soviet Jewry (formerly Action for Soviet Jewry), an organization dedicated to aiding and engaging with Jewish communities and individuals in former Soviet states.

Dates: undated, 1971-2019

Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry at Brandeis University Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-493
Abstract The Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry (SCSJ) was founded in 1977 in response to the arrest of Anatoly B. Shcharansky. Thirteen students from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts went to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress about the problems faced by Jews in the Soviet Union. The numbers of students involved continued to grow, and expanded to include students from other colleges and universities in the United States. The Washington Lobby, which was held every February, provided...
Dates: undated, 1977-1989