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Freedom Seder for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – Apr. 1986.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 138
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
138
Material Format
textual record
Date
Apr. 1986
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains a programme for a special seder service for Soviet Jewry held 27 April 1986 at the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto.
Name Access
Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Seder
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
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Soviet jewry [textual record] – 1970-1971.
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Subject files series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 5; File 137
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Subject files series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
5
File
137
Material Format
textual record
Date
1970-1971
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
The file consists of copies of the bulletin "Happenings Plus," internal memoranda, correspondence concerning advocacy for Soviet Jewry, addresses and speeches, and policy proposals.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry [graphic material, textual record] – 1984-1987.
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
National program and event materials series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 38; Series 4; File 5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
National program and event materials series
Level
File
Fonds
38
Series
4
File
5
Material Format
graphic material
textual record
Date
1984-1987
Physical Description
5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 13 cm and 15 x 10 cm
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs of women accepting Soviet Jewry awards, of women demonstrating in Ottawa in 1985 and of Bunny Gurvey reading a proclamation in front of the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa. Also included in the file is a letter to the International Council of Jewish Women, with kit sample messages attached.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – 1974-1984.
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Education Portfolio sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 38; Series 7-6; File 10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Education Portfolio sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
38
Series
7-6
File
10
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1974-1984
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
37 photographs : b&w and col. (16 negatives and 8 slides) ; 21 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
File consists of a graphic press cutting, photographs, negatives and slides related to the Soviet Jewry program. Some are of a separated refusenik family, and fundraisers in aid of Soviet Jewry. There is also an announcement of a Separated Family Week with Jim Peterson, M.P. Willowdale, as guest speaker.
Name Access
Peterson, David, 1943-
Subjects
Jews--Soviet Union
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – 1973-1994.
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Toronto Section archival material sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 38; Series 7-13; File 43
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
Toronto Section series
Toronto Section archival material sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
38
Series
7-13
File
43
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1973-1994
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
21 photographs : b&w and col. ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs, newsclippings, and literature pertaining to refuseniks and activists in Moldavia, and of the fundraising and support NCJW are providing.
Subjects
Jews--Soviet Union
Source
Archival Descriptions
Beth Tzedec Synagogue Symbolic Third Seder [textual record, graphic material] – 1980.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-4; File 5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-4
File
5
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1980
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence, press releases, program, review and promotional materials related to a Symbolic Third Seder held at Beth Tzedec in 1980 with special guest lecturer Peter C. Newman. Newman spoke about his recent travels in the Soviet Union and the contact he made with Jews living in the Soviet Union. The photograph included in this file is a promotional shot of Newman.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry rally [graphic material] – 1970.
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 6; File 308
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
6
File
308
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1970
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
The file consists of a photograph taken during a rally protesting the plight of Jews in the soviet Union. The rally took place in front of Toronto City Hall.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry artifacts [object] – 1974, [ca. 1975].
Part Of
Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
Jewish community involvement series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 92; Series 4; File 9
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
Jewish community involvement series
Level
File
Fonds
92
Series
4
File
9
Material Format
object
Date
1974, [ca. 1975]
Physical Description
2 pins : 6 cm in length
Scope and Content
File consists of a pin commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Jewish Autonomous Region in Birobidzhan, and a gold star pin honouring Eduard Kuznetsof, an USSR prisoner of conscience.
Notes
Artifact numbers 148 and 154
Source
Archival Descriptions
Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – 1967-1992.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
Series
Fonds
17
Series
3
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1967-1992
Physical Description
4.5 m of textual records
1822 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
Admin History/Bio
The earliest impetus for the creation of a Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) committee to focus on the issue of Soviet Jews was in response to the infamous “Leningrad trials” of 31 dissident Soviet Jews in the winter of 1970. Concurrently, the Soviet government began to systematically persecute almost all Jews who applied for permission to emigrate. The issuing of exit visas was refused (the genesis of the term “Refusnik”), usually on exaggerated claims of national security, after which the applicants were often dismissed from their jobs, recalled to military service, or similarly persecuted by state authorities. Those who publicly protested such treatment were subsequently arrested, detained for long periods, or tried as examples to others and sent to Siberian labour camps.
When information about the plight of Soviet Jews reached Canada, Toronto’s Jews responded immediately and decisively. Synagogue congregations, student groups, women’s organizations, professional organizations and community groups all established independent committees to aid Soviet Jews directly and to pressure local, national and international governments to address Soviet antisemitism. Very quickly these committees began organizing mass rallies, letter writing campaigns, petitions, targeted protests and direct aid involving large numbers of people and considerable fundraising efforts. From 1971 to the late 1980s the cause of Soviet Jewry remained, along with support for The State of Israel, the most significant issue to the Jewish community.
The Action Committee for Soviet Jewry (ACSJ) was formed by the (then) Central Region of the CJC in early 1971 in order to coordinate the activities of, and provide stable funding and administrative support for, the various ad hoc committees and action groups that had sprung up across Toronto and the rest of Ontario. Organizations coordinated by the Action Committee included university student groups, the Group of 35, Women for Soviet Jewry (WSJ), B’nai B’rith, and the Canadian Zionist Federation (CZF). The ACSJ originally reported to the CJC’s Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry (SCSJ), but by the mid-1970s the reporting of the two committees was reversed, with the Steering Committee reporting to the Action Committee. By 1977, the Action Committee and the Steering Committee were merged into the newly-renamed CJC Ontario Region’s Committee for Soviet Jewry (occasionally referred to as the Toronto Committee).
The first Chairman of the SCSJ was the prominent Toronto politician and activist Joseph B. Salsberg. Later chairs, including Sam Filer, Phyllis Sugar, Reg Adelman, author Jeanette Goldman, Joyce Eklove, and Judge Ted Matlow were also involved with affiliated local groups whose activities were coordinated by the SCSJ. Sam Filer, its first permanent Secretary, became in 1976 its second Chairman. He also served as Chairman of the Toronto Action Committee for Soviet Jewry and was an original co-founder of Lawyers and Jurists for Soviet Jewry. Similarly, Phyllis Sugar was a Co-chair of the ACSJ with Reg Adelman in the early to mid-1970s, while simultaneously serving as the Chair of WSJ. Genya Intrator, the first Chair of WSJ in the early 1970s, later served as first Chair of the Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry. Despite having its first meeting in Winnipeg, the Canadian Committee had most of its leadership and activities in Toronto. Toronto residents Sydney Harris (later Judge Harris), David Satok, Genya Intrator and David Sadowski all chaired this committee as it developed a national agenda through contacts with affiliated organizations across the country, while coordinating internationally with groups such as the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews based in New York.
Towards the end of the 1980s, many of the restrictions regarding exit visas for refusniks were removed and increasingly Russian Jews began to immigrate to Israel, the United States and Canada. A large percentage of the latter settled in Toronto. By 1991, in response to the changes in Russia and the former Soviet republics, the CJC’s local and national Soviet Jewry Committees were wound up and their leadership began to focus on new issues, such as the integration of Soviet Jewish immigrants into Canada and the continuing struggle to fight antisemitism in the successor states of the former Soviet Union. To this end, the CJC formed a Political Liaison Committee in the early 1990s. Internationally, however, many Russian Jewish advocacy groups continued to operate on the foundation of activism and community organization established during the decades of solidarity built around the Soviet Jewry cause.
Custodial History
The records in this series were accumulated and maintained in the offices of the CJC under the jurisdiction of Samuel Resnick, in his role as the Director of the Community Action for Israel Committee, and as the main CJC staff employee for overseeing the Action Committee for Soviet Jewry and Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, which eventually coalesced as simply the Committee for Soviet Jewry circa 1977. By 1980, Resnick’s title was Director of the Committee for Soviet Jewry, Central Region, making him the primary full-time staffer of the CJC involved in the Soviet Jewry cause.
Scope and Content
Series consists of extensive planning, administrative and operational records including meeting minutes, correspondence, budgets and membership lists. Records pertaining to activities include numerous event and protest photographs, articles, petitions, posters and other press materials. Records related to the gathering of information regarding Soviet Jewry include transcripts of telegrams and telephone conversations, background fact sheets and many individual case files.
This series has been arranged into six sub-series. Sub-series 1 consists of Ontario Region committee meeting agendas and minutes. Sub-series 2 consists of the correspondence files documenting various activities of that committee. Sub-series 3 consists of the agendas, minutes and general correspondence of the National Committee for Soviet Jewry. Sub-series 4 consists of records documenting affiliated Jewish organizations that collaborated with the CJC in protesting the persecution of Soviet Jews. Sub-series 5 consists of records documenting the various protest activities such as lobbying, letter writing, public rallies, marches and demonstrations. Sub-series 6 , Rufusnik Cases, consists of 3 sub-sub-series, containing individual case files, large published lists, and reference publications about Soviet Jews who were refused permission to emigrate (refusniks).
Notes
Physical extent note: although over 28 m of Soviet Jewry records were originally transferred to the OJA, more than 23 m of those records have been culled due to their origin (non-Canadian sources), format (outside periodicals and publications), because they were merely externally-created reference materials, or because they were part of the very large volumes of duplicates that made up the majority of the box contents. Records documenting the activities of other CJC Committees have also been removed for future processing within more appropriately-titled series within Fonds 17.
Subjects
Committees
Jews--Soviet Union
Arrangement
Because the Soviet Jewry records donated by the Canadian Jewish Congress had not been maintained in a discernable original order, they had to be reorganized into their current arrangement by the processing archivist.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Women for Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – 1972-1976.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-4; File 29
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-4
File
29
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1972-1976
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
9 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
File includes photographs of protest events in 1973 and 1974. Also included are correspondence, financial statements, notices of meetings and events, meeting minutes and agendas, reports, petitions contact lists of members and executives, newspaper articles, press releases, newsletters and posters. Chairman of the committee, Phyllis Sugar, is the primary correspondent in the file. A signed petition includes Toronto Mayor, David Crombie's signature.
Notes
Information on the Women for Soviet Jewry is also found in the files for the Group of 35 chapters in Toronto and Ottawa.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Walkers for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – 30 July 1973-17 Aug. 1973.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 27
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
27
Material Format
textual record
Date
30 July 1973-17 Aug. 1973
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and an article concerning a cross-country hike to raise awareness of the plight of Soviet Jews undertaken by youth from Camp New Moon.
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry teach-in [textual record] – 1973.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 32
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
32
Material Format
textual record
Date
1973
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a package of background information on Soviet Jewry assembled for school and camp teach-in programmes in 1973.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Seminar on Soviet Jewry [textual record] – Nov. 1975-Dec. 1975.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 52
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
52
Material Format
textual record
Date
Nov. 1975-Dec. 1975
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains a clipping, a poster and a letter concerning a Soviet Jewry conference on 7 Dec. 1975 in Toronto at Adath Israel Synagogue.
Name Access
Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
Adath Israel Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Rally for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – June 1984-Nov. 1984.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 129
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
129
Material Format
textual record
Date
June 1984-Nov. 1984
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains programmes, promotional materials, articles and administrative records related to the rally held 15 Nov. 1984 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry--Soviet Jewry Bulletins and correspondence [textual record] – 1990.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 24
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
24
Material Format
textual record
Date
1990
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains copies of the committee's Soviet Jewry Bulletin, several articles and general correspondence regarding the dissemination of updates on Soviet Jewry.
Source
Archival Descriptions
National Committee for Soviet Jewry--Soviet Jewry Bulletins and action alerts [textual record] – 1991.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 25
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
25
Material Format
textual record
Date
1991
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains copies of the committee's Soviet Jewry Bulletin and action alerts to the affiliated organizations of the committee.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – April 1977-March 1978.
Accession Number
1979-9-8
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1979-9-8
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
April 1977-March 1978
Scope and Content
Accession consists of one Information Bulletin on Soviet Jewry (vol. 3, issue 4) and two Communique (No. 10, No. 21), both produced by the Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry.
Subjects
Human rights
Name Access
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry
Source
Archival Accessions
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Soviet Jewry rally, Hamilton [graphic material] – 1970.
Part Of
William Stern fonds
Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 33; Series 3; File 3; Item 1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
William Stern fonds
Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
Level
File
Fonds
33
Series
3
File
3
Item
1-5
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1970
Physical Description
5 photographs : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
This file consists of five photographs taken at a public rally for Soviet Jewry, held at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre. The audience is being addressed by Rabbi Morton Green from Hamilton's Adas Israel Synagogue.
Name Access
Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
Adas Israel Synagogue (Hamilton, Ont.)
Green, Morton
Subjects
Rabbis
Speeches, addresses, etc
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Accession Number
2004-5-96
Source
Archival Descriptions
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Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – 1972-1991.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1972-1991
Physical Description
28 cm of textual records
37 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
Admin History/Bio
In order to facilitate the cooperation between regional committees, a National Committee for Soviet Jewry was created in December 1972 at a meeting of regional CJC directors in Winnipeg. Its names "National Committee" and "Canadian Committee" were used interchangeably within its records. While meetings of this committee were fewer in number than those of the regional committees, there was a certain amount of overlapping jurisdiction between the Central Region, based in Toronto, and the Canadian Committee, given that most of the executive members for both were based in Ontario. Further, executive members serving on the national committee also frequently served concurrently on the local committee. The first Chair of the Canadian Committee, elected to the position in Dec. 1972, was Toronto resident (later Judge) Sydney Harris. David Satok, Genya Intrator and David Sadowski, all from Toronto, also served as Chairs for this committee. Unsurprisingly, a majority of activities were thus coordinated in the Central Region office in Toronto. The various regional committees, however, remained largely autonomous, with Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg being the most active outside of Toronto.
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, news releases and reports of the Canadian (National) Committee for Soviet Jewry. Also included are numerous examples of the bulletins, notices and newsletters issued by the committee.
Subjects
Antisemitism
Arrangement
Aside from the culling of duplicate documents, files have here been maintained with their original contents and internal order. As some files have date ranges spanning several years, they have been arranged in chronological order by their start dates.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Association of the Soviet Jewry in Canada [textual record] – 1980-1981.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-4; File 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-4
File
2
Material Format
textual record
Date
1980-1981
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains two pieces of correspondence concerning the formation of the Association of the Soviet Jewry in Canada and related to the coordination of activities with the Toronto Jewish Congress. A newsletter of the Toronto Jewish Congress containing information on the activities of the organization is also included.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Friends of Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – 1972-1974.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-4; File 12
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-4
File
12
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1972-1974
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 14 cm
Admin History/Bio
Lev Levitin was a Soviet electrical and computer engineer and refusnik profiled in the Committee of Soviet Jewry campaigns.
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence in English and Russian, press releases, articles, transcripts and various petitions related to the efforts of the Canadian Friends of Soviet Jewry to raise the issue of Soviet emigration and freedom of religion policies among the candidates in the 1974 Canadian Federal Election. Also includes a photo of Lev Levitin with a child. Primary correspondents include H. Wayne Tannenbaum, Chairman of the Canadian Friends of Soviet Jewry. File also includes a number of documents related to the general administration and fundraising activities of the organization.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – 1977.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-4; File 27
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-4
File
27
Material Format
textual record
Date
1977
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File includes notices, newsletters and alerts directed to the union groups and affiliates.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Committee for Soviet Jewry correspondence [textual record] – 1977.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-2; File 11
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-2
File
11
Material Format
textual record
Date
1977
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of general correspondence and notices related to the committee's activities.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Committee for Soviet Jewry correspondence [textual record] – 1978.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-2; File 14
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-2
File
14
Material Format
textual record
Date
1978
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of general correspondence and notices related to the committee's activities.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Committee for Soviet Jewry correspondence [textual record] – 1988.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-2; File 25
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-2
File
25
Material Format
textual record
Date
1988
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of general correspondence and notices related to the committee's activities.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Committee for Soviet Jewry correspondence [textual record] – 1989.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-2; File 26
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-2
File
26
Material Format
textual record
Date
1989
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a general notice and a copy of the committee's budget.
Source
Archival Descriptions
National Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – 1972.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
2
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1972
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of reports, notes and digest updates, transcripts, correspondence and press releases of the National Committee. Also included in this file are two photos from a committee meeting in Winnipeg on 27 April 1972.
Source
Archival Descriptions
National Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – 1973.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
3
Material Format
textual record
Date
1973
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists primarily of correspondence and reports. The file also contains an executive membership list, as well as various transcripts, news clippings, fact sheets and press releases of the National Committee.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry News Bulletin [textual record] – Jun. 1973-Dec. 1973.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
5
Material Format
textual record
Date
Jun. 1973-Dec. 1973
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of six copies of the "News Bulletin" publication of the National Committee, assembled by Leah Feinman, the Committee's National Coordinator.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – 1975.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 9
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
9
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File includes news briefs, correspondence, bulletins and newsletters, a conference programme, resource books, a mailing list, a budget, various reports, fact sheets, transcriptions and articles.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – 1976.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 11
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
11
Material Format
textual record
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists primarily of correspondence and reports.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – 1977.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 13
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
13
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1977
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
28 photographs : b&w on single contact sheet ; 3 x 4 cm
Scope and Content
File consists primarily of correspondence and reports. Also included are publicity materials regarding a talk by Arthur Maloney and Rabbi Gunther Plaut on 30 March 1977 in Toronto, including a contact sheet of photos taken at this event. File also includes press releases and fact sheets.
Name Access
Plaut, W. Gunther, 1912-2012
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – 1978.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 14
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
14
Material Format
textual record
Date
1978
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists primarily of correspondence and reports, but also includes an annual budget and various press releases and fact sheets of the committee.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – 1980.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 17
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
17
Material Format
textual record
Date
1980
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains several newsletters and general correspondence concerning the accounts of the committee and other activities.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – Jan. 1981-Jun. 1981.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 18
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
18
Material Format
textual record
Date
Jan. 1981-Jun. 1981
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists primarily of reports and press releases, but also includes general correspondence of the committee. These documents often include copies of articles from newspapers and magazines and other kinds of fact sheets. Also included in this file is a copy of the minutes from a meeting between the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Canadian Zionist Federation held in Montreal on 25 Mar. 1981, concerning the topic of Soviet Jews.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – Aug. 1981-Dec. 1981.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 19
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
19
Material Format
textual record
Date
Aug. 1981-Dec. 1981
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains a report by Genya Intrator, National Chairman, on his Western Canada visit to meet with fellow Soviet Jewry activists; materials concerning the "Adopt a Family" programme; and, documents from the "Conference on the Critical Status of Soviet Jews" held in Ottawa on 9 Dec. 1981.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – 1982.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 20
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
20
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1982
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
4 photographs : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
File contains reports and correspondence of the committee, as well as assorted fact sheets, budget documents and photographs of a rally in front of the Ontario Legislature in support of Anatoly Scharansky.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – 1983.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 21
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
21
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1983
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm
Scope and Content
File contains reports, fact sheets and correspondence of the committee, as well as several speech transcriptions for speeches delivered by Serge Joyal, Secretary of State for Canada, Goldie Hershon, Chairman of the Montreal Committee for Soviet Jewry, and David Peterson, M.P.P. and Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Provincial Legislature. The file also contains a photograph of the British politician Greiville Janner, Q.C., M.P. on his visit to Canada, with James Breithaupt, M.P.P. in the Ontario Legislature.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – 1984.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 22
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
22
Material Format
textual record
Date
1984
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains primarily press releases and information packages produced by the committee. Also included are several reports, programmes for meetings and correspondence.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – 1986.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-3; File 23
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-3
File
23
Material Format
textual record
Date
1986
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains budget documents, press materials and fact sheets. Also included is a transcript of Anatoly Scharansky's press conference upon his release from prison.
Source
Archival Descriptions
News Bulletin on Soviet Jewry [textual record] – 1972-1973.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Refusnik cases sub-series
Refusnik groups sub-sub series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-6-2; File 6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Refusnik cases sub-series
Refusnik groups sub-sub series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-6-2
File
6
Material Format
textual record
Date
1972-1973
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of copies of the news bulletin for the Action Committee of Newcomers from the Soviet Union.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry press clippings [textual record] – 1975-1977.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-2; File 8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-2
File
8
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975-1977
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of copies of newspaper articles related to Soviet Jewry activity in Toronto.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry press clippings [textual record] – 1977.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-2; File 12
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Committee correspondence sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-2
File
12
Material Format
textual record
Date
1977
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of original newspaper articles related to Soviet Jewry activity in Toronto.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry Research Bureau [textual record] – 1975.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-4; File 23
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Affiliated organizations sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-4
File
23
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and a draft proposal concerning the formation of the group under the auspices of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, based in New York.
Source
Archival Descriptions
List of Soviet Jewry activities [textual record] – 1 Oct. 1971-Feb. 1972.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
6
Material Format
textual record
Date
1 Oct. 1971-Feb. 1972
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a list of CJC activities for Soviet Jewry, a notice of events sponsored by the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations and a printed action program.
Source
Archival Descriptions
National Conference on Soviet Jewry [textual record] – Oct. 1974-Nov. 1974.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 41
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
41
Material Format
textual record
Date
Oct. 1974-Nov. 1974
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of meeting notices, membership lists and a conference programme for an inter-agency Soviet Jewry conference that took place in Yorkdale on 3 Nov. 1974.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Solidarity for Soviet Jewry Week [graphic material] – May 1975.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 47
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
47
Material Format
graphic material
Date
May 1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
File contains a photograph of a meeting with Mayor David Crombie during the activities for Solidarity Week. Also pictured is Sam Filer, Chairman of the Committee for Soviet Jewry, Central Region.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Lawyers dinner for Soviet Jewry [graphic material] – 27 Oct. 1976.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 63
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
63
Material Format
graphic material
Date
27 Oct. 1976
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
File contains three photos of a dinner event at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Soviet Jewry Hebrew write-in [textual record] – 1977.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 78
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
78
Material Format
textual record
Date
1977
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains a contact list of Hebrew teachers in Moscow.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Midnight vigil for Soviet Jewry [textual record, graphic material] – May 1979-June 1979.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 92
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
92
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
May 1979-June 1979
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
86 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
File contains photographs, news releases, fact sheets and programmes related to the second annual summer vigil held on 13 and 14 June 1979 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto.
Places
Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
50 records – page 1 of 1.

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