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 Bailey Barron and Judy Patkin. Barron was an activist with Action for Soviet Jewry (ASJ). Patkin directed ASJ and now Action for Post-Soviet Jewry, and has been an activist for over ... Show moreInterview with Bailey Barron and Judy Patkin. Barron was an activist with Action for Soviet Jewry (ASJ). Patkin directed ASJ and now Action for Post-Soviet Jewry, and has been an activist for over 36 years. Recorded in Waltham, MA. Show less
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 Gordon, a founder of Action for Soviet Jewry (Boston) and past president of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. He is active today in Action for Post-Soviet Jewry (Boston). Record... Show moreInterview with Gordon, a founder of Action for Soviet Jewry (Boston) and past president of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. He is active today in Action for Post-Soviet Jewry (Boston). Recorded in Boston, MA. Show less
Interview with Wurtman, activist for Soviet Jewry in Philadelphia and in Israel, and founder of Emergency Aid to Refuseniks. Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel.
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
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 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.
