The Soviet Jewry Movement (circa 1963-1990) was a worldwide effort to obtain freedom for Jews in the Soviet Union to practice their religion without state persecution or discrimination or to emigrate to Israel, the United States or elsewhere to seek the blessings of freedom, and to pursue lives of their own choosing.
The American Jewish Historical Society has established its Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement to help assure that the story of the role played by Americans of all faiths in that Movement will be collected and preserved so that future generations will be familiar with, and inspired by, their achievements.
Kenneth J. Bialkin, Chairman, Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement
Zvi Gitelman, Chairman, Academic Advisory Council
Susan Malbin, Director of NEH Project
For more information about this project and other AJHS initiatives, please visit www.ajhs.org.
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News from the Archives:
Finding aid for the Judith A. Manelis Papers, 1986-1990, P-970.
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Finding aid for the Michael Greene Papers, undated, 1989, 2001, 2008, P-969.
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Finding aid for the Jack Forgash Papers, undated, 1973-1979, 2004, P-968.
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Finding aid for the Rachel Braun Papers, 1979, P-967.
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Finding aid for the Records of the Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans, undated, 1949-1952, 1961, 1974-1985, I-547.
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Finding aid for the Linda Rutta, undated, 1975-1976, P-965.
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Finding aid for the Carol S. Kekst, undated, 1975, 1977-1982, P-961.
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Finding aid for the Estelle Newman Papers, 1983, 2004, 2006, P-960.
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Finding aid for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Soviet Jewry Collection, undated, 1965, 1967, 1970-1971, 1977-1978, 1981, I-543.
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Finding aid for the Victor Borden Papers, 1987, 1990, P-959.
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Finding aid for the Frank Brodsky Papers, 1985-1987, P-957.
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Finding aid for the Alan M. Kohn Papers, 1995, 2008, P-956.
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Finding aid for the Efry Spectre Papers, undated, 1964, 1970-1973, 1975, 1977-1979, 1981-1983, 1987-1989, P-954. Now accessible: click here.
Finding aid for the Ruth Geller Gold Papers, 1974-1975, 1979, P-953.
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Finding aid for the Lawrence I. Lerner, 1987-1988, 1991, P-952.
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Finding aid for the John Steinbruck Papers, undated, 1976-1978, 1980, 1984-1985, 1990, 2008, P-951. Now accessible: click here.
Finding aid for the Billie Kozolchyk Papers, 1977-1991, 2012, P-950
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Finding aid for the Records of the Jewish Defense League, undated, 1969-1974, 1985-1986, I-374. Now accessible: click here.
Digital Collections:
American Soviet Jewry Movement Photographs,
undated, 1914, 1968-1970, 1972-1986, 1988-1989, 1991, I-495.
416 digitized photographs from The Archives of the American Soviet Jewry Movement.
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Digital Collection:American Soviet Jewry Movement Posters from the National Conference on Soviet Jewry Collection,
33 digitized posters from The Archives of the American Soviet Jewry Movement.
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