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Soviet Jewry Project

Archival Collection
(as of July 27, 2011)

99 photographs
20 memoirs/oral histories
15 political buttons
9 “Prisoner of Conscience” bracelets
2 “Prisoner of Conscience” pendants
1 “Prisoner of Conscience” medallion
2 t-shirts
1 puppet
and organizational records and correspondence

Represented events

Vigil at Lafayette Park, 1965
Rally at Washington Monument, 1968
Simchat Torah Rally at Washington Monument, 1971
Vigil at Lincoln Memorial, 1971
Hanukkah party outside Soviet Embassy, 1973
Freedom Assembly for Soviet Jews, 1973
International Unity Day, 1975, 1976
Solidarity Day at Lafayette Park, 1976, 1977, 1979
Rabbi arrests at Soviet Embassy, 1985
Bolshoi Ballet protest at Kennedy Center, 1987
Summit for Soviet Jews on the National Mall, 1987
Daily vigil at Soviet Embassy, 1991

Represented local organizations

Adas Israel Congregation
Agudas Achim
Arena Stage
B’nai Israel Congregation
Baltimore Hebrew University
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
Jewish Social Service Agency
Luther Place Memorial Church
Washington Committee for Soviet Jewry
Washington Hebrew Congregation

Represented national organizations

American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry
B’nai B’rith
Committee of Concerned Scientists
Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights
Conference of Jewish Communal Service
Council of Jewish Federations
Jewish Community Centers Association of North America
Labor Zionist Alliance
National Conference on Soviet Jewry
National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council
Union of Council for Soviet Jews

The following people have donated materials that document the local Soviet Jewry movement:

Avrum Ashery, Herbert Beller, Moshe Brodotzky, Jack Cohen, Joan and Oscar Dodek, Shulamith Elster, Pearl Franck, Dene Garbow, Walter Golman, Ida Jervis, Lawrence Lewin, Sydney Manekofsky, Daniel Mann, Betty Miller, Jack Minker, Peggy Pearlstein, June Rogul, Rabbi Arnold Saltzman, May Savage, Bert Silver, Sara Rubinow Simon, Samuel Sislen, Haim Solomon, Rev. John Steinbruck, Donna Stoller, and Marcia Weinberg.