Interview with Roth Elbert, an activist in Los Angeles with the Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry (known as the 35's) and in Israel. She is the wife of former Kiev refusenik Misha Elbert, and siste... Show moreInterview with Roth Elbert, an activist in Los Angeles with the Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry (known as the 35's) and in Israel. She is the wife of former Kiev refusenik Misha Elbert, and sister-in-law of prisoner of conscience Lev Elbert. Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel. Show less
Interview with Morey Schapira and David Waksberg. Schapira served as president of New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, president of Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews, and national presiden... Show moreInterview with Morey Schapira and David Waksberg. Schapira served as president of New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, president of Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews, and national president of Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. Waksberg was executive director of Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews, and national vice president of Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. Recorded in Palo Alto, CA. Show less
Interview with Medad, a longtime Beitar (the Revisionist-Zionist Youth Movement) activist who was involved in the Soviet Jewry movement in the United States and in England, where he functioned for ... Show moreInterview with Medad, a longtime Beitar (the Revisionist-Zionist Youth Movement) activist who was involved in the Soviet Jewry movement in the United States and in England, where he functioned for several years as an emissary of Beitar to the Jewish community in Britain. Medad emigrated to Israel in 1970, and most recently served as the Information Resources Director of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel. Show less
Interview with Pripstein, co-founder of Scientists for Sakharov, Orlov, and Sharansky (SOS). The interview was conducted by Philip Spiegel. Recorded in Berkeley, CA.
Interview with Rogovin Frankel, a political scientist who published extensively on Soviet Jewry, now retired from Hebrew University. Recorded in New York, NY.
Group interview with Hetty (d'Ancona) de Leeuwe, Susan Futterman, Pam (Pamela B.) Cohen, Leonid (D.) Stonov, and Frances Peshkin. Recorded in Highland Park, IL.
Interview with the Genacks, involved in the campaign for Leonid Rigerman and prime organizers of the massive Soviet Jewry rally in Madison Square Garden, December 1971. Recorded in New York, NY.
Group interview with Joan Dodek, Bert Silver, Haim Solomon, Avrum (I.) Ashery, and others. Recorded in Washington, DC. Abridged from the original recording, which includes audience members.
Interview with Domnitch, a Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry activist leader at Yeshiva University. Today he is a Jewish educator and author. Recorded in Boca Raton, FL.
Interview with Kabak, co-organizer of the first, one-shot Soviet Jewry demonstration at the Soviet UN Mission in April 1962, and a mission to the USSR to meet refuseniks in 1977. Recorded in New Yo... Show moreInterview with Kabak, co-organizer of the first, one-shot Soviet Jewry demonstration at the Soviet UN Mission in April 1962, and a mission to the USSR to meet refuseniks in 1977. Recorded in New York, NY. Show less
Two interviews with Miller, a longtime Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry volunteer and researcher of refusenik lists, prisoner lists, and photo books. Recorded in New York, NY.
Two interviews with Miller, a longtime Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry volunteer and researcher of refusenik lists, prisoner lists, and photo books. Recorded in New York, NY.
Group interview with Sylvia Wallis, Sylvia Becker, and Andrew & Jean Balcombe. Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel. Wallis was a founding member of the Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry (known as the 35'... Show moreGroup interview with Sylvia Wallis, Sylvia Becker, and Andrew & Jean Balcombe. Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel. Wallis was a founding member of the Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry (known as the 35's) in Britain. Becker was a member of the 35's; edited a newsletter with ideas for action on Soviet Jewry; travelled Britain speaking and helping to organize Soviet Jewry groups; accompanied Avital Sharansky and others to Soviet Jewry groups; and travelled twice to vist refuseniks in Moscow. The Balcombes visited refuseniks in Moscow twice, in 1978 and 1979. Jean was an activist with National Council for Soviet Jewry and with Conscience (the Inter-denominational Committee for Soviet Jewry). Andrew was a member of the World Presidium for Soviet Jewry, chairperson of National Council for Soviet Jewry, and activist with Conscience. Show less