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 Rogovin Frankel, a political scientist who published extensively on Soviet Jewry, now retired from Hebrew University. Recorded in New York, NY.
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 Schwartz, a longtime rabbi in Rockville Centre, NY. He was a founding member of Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, active in Long Island Committee for Soviet Jewry, and traveled to t... Show moreInterview with Schwartz, a longtime rabbi in Rockville Centre, NY. He was a founding member of Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, active in Long Island Committee for Soviet Jewry, and traveled to the USSR in 1984. Recorded in Woodmere, NY. Show less
Interview with Jacobson, who briefed shlichim (emissaries) to Jews in the USSR, working with Lishkat Hakesher (Israel's Liaison Bureau, also known as Nativ). Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel.
Interview with Kabakow, who traveled with late wife Ceil (Celia) several times to the USSR and was a supporter of several groups assisting Soviet Jews. Recorded in New York, NY.
Gathering with Rami Aronzon, Jean & Andrew Balcombe, Carol & Andrew Bender, Zalman Deutsch, Nomi Roth Elbert, Sue & Sid Gordon, Miriam Laufer, Peretz Rodman, Dr. Yaacov Ro'i, Lessa Roskin, and Rae ... Show moreGathering with Rami Aronzon, Jean & Andrew Balcombe, Carol & Andrew Bender, Zalman Deutsch, Nomi Roth Elbert, Sue & Sid Gordon, Miriam Laufer, Peretz Rodman, Dr. Yaacov Ro'i, Lessa Roskin, and Rae Ann Sharfman -- all travellers to meet refuseniks in the Soviet Union in the 1970s-1980s. Moderated by Joshua Reuben Tapper. Recorded at the home of Enid Wurtman in Jerusalem, Israel. Aronzon was sent by Lishkat Hakesher (Israel's Liaison Bureau, also known as Nativ) to Moscow and Leningrad over Passover 1970. A group of refuseniks was then discussing a plot to fill a Soviet airliner with Jews who wanted to emigrate, and hijack it to the West; they disagreed about whether to attempt it, and Aronzon conveyed their question back to the Lishka. Golda Meir responded not to do it. A smaller group famously attempted a scaled-down version of the plan at a Leningrad airport on June 15, 1970. Aronzon notes that the Lishka did not know the wide extent of the underground Jewish network in the USSR. 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. The Benders were involved in the Soviet Jewry movement in Philadelphia, along with Lorna Adelman, Bernie & Lana Dishler, and Connie & Joe Smukler. Deutsch, along with the late Dr. David Appelbaum, was sent by the late Aryeh Kroll to visit refuseniks in Moscow, Leningrad and Odessa in 1983. He was active in resettling former refuseniks Yuli Edelstein and Yuli Kosharovsky in the Alon Shvut community. Roth Elbert was 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. The Gordons were co-chairs of Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry at the University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1979. Laufer was president of the Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry at Brandeis University, 1978-79. She visited refuseniks in the USSR in April 1980. Rodman was sent together with Zvi Leverich (later Levran) to the USSR in spring 1979, while a graduate student at Brandeis University. Ro’i is a professor emeritus of Russian history at Tel Aviv University. He traveled to the USSR in summer 1979, officially to participate in an international congress of political scientists at Moscow State University, but in reality to meet refuseniks in Moscow, Kiev, and Leningrad. Sharfman co-founded Detroit Action Committee for Soviet Jewry. Show less
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
Group interview with Rabbi Ronald Muroff, Myra Sacks, and Mark Powers. Recorded in Harrisburg, PA. Muroff was active in the Soviet Jewry movement as a student and administrator at Jewish Theologica... Show moreGroup interview with Rabbi Ronald Muroff, Myra Sacks, and Mark Powers. Recorded in Harrisburg, PA. Muroff was active in the Soviet Jewry movement as a student and administrator at Jewish Theological Seminary; now rabbi of Congregation Chisuk Emuna in Harrisburg, PA. Sacks and Powers were involved in the resettlement of Soviet Jews in Harrisburg. Powers is former international director of Jews for Judaism and current American director of MAGEN, both counter-missionary organizations, and mashgiach for the Star-K at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. Show less
Interview with Caine, activist with Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry (Mo'atsah ha-tsiburit lema'an Yehude Berit ha-Mo'atsot). Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel.
