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 Springfield Jewish Federation Soviet Jewry Collection, 1978, 1981-1984, 1987, 1989-1992, 1994, 1997, I-532.
Now accessible:
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Finding aid for the Records of Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1969-1970, 1972-2010 (Bulk 1975-2010), I-530 .
Now accessible:
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Finding aid for the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Soviet Jewry Movement Collection, 1987-1988, I-529.
Now accessible:
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Finding aid for the Constance S. Kreshtool Papers, 1978-1988, P-935.
Now accessible:
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Finding aid for the Irwin H. Krasna Papers, 1971, 2003, P-934.
Now accessible:
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Finding aid for the Sylvia Weinberg Papers, undated, 1973, 1976-1977, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1999, P-928.
Now accessible:
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Finding aid for the Dolores Wilkenfeld Papers, 1971, P-927.
Now accessible:
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Digital Collection: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.
Now accessible:
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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.
Now accessible:
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