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- Fonds 17; Series 3
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- 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
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-1988
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of agendas and minutes of meetings of 1), the Toronto Committee for Soviet Jewry (its best-known name) and its predecessors 2), The Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, 3), the Committee for Soviet Jewry and 4), the Action Committee for Soviet Jewry. Each file title reflects the name of the creator committee at that time. With the exception of 1984, there are agendas and minutes for each year of committee activity until 1988, after which time the activities of the committee were considerably reduced. 1989 and 1990 committee meeting minutes were either not created or never transferred.
- Related Material
- Committee correspondence may be found at Fonds 17, Series 3, Sub-series 3-2
- Arrangement
- Files have been arranged in chronological order and by committee name.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of largely handwritten meeting minutes, and one printed agenda, for meetings that took place in the months of November and December, 1970.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of several handwritten and typed meeting minutes and printed agendas of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of typed meeting minutes, printed agendas and an annual report of the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, agendas and notices of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting agendas and notices of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, agendas and notices of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, agendas and notices of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, agendas and notices of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 9 Aug. 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the agenda and chairman's notes for a single meeting of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting notices, agendas and minutes of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 18 Apr. 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the minutes for a single meeting of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, reports, notices and agendas, including handwritten notes.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, notices and agendas of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, notices and agendas of the committee, including select appended material.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 15
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, notices and agendas of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting agendas and handwritten minutes of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting agendas, notices and handwritten minutes of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 18
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of minutes for three separate meetings of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 19
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting agendas, notices and minutes of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a single notice for a meeting of the committee and the meeting minutes from another occasion.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 21
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, notices and agendas of the committee, including select appended material.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-1; File 22
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a general notices and meeting minutes of the committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee correspondence sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Committee correspondence sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-1992
- Physical Description
- 14 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Planning to create an Action Committee for Soviet Jewry began in December, 1970 with its first real activities occurring in April, 1971. At that time, a Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry was also created to function as a small sub-committee of the Action Committee. By 1972 the roles had reversed, with the Steering Committee becoming the primary functioning committee for the coordination of activities relating to Soviet Jewry. By 1975 the Action Committee was completely phased and, in 1980, the Steering Committee's full name was changed to "Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, Central Region". In 1981 a further name change occurred as it became the "Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, Ontario Region". In 1988 the name was simplified to its final form, "The Committee for Soviet Jewry".
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of the chronological correspondence files of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, the Action Committee for Soviet Jewry and the Committee for Soviet Jewry. The correspondence also includes occasional administrative documents such as receipts and reports. There are also numerous general notices, promotional materials and selected articles and news releases related to the communications between the various members and executive officers of the committees. No records could be located for the years 1990 and 1991.
- Related Material
- Meeting agendas and minutes for these committees may be found at Fonds 17, Series 3, Sub-series 3-1.
- Arrangement
- Files have been arranged in chronological order.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 1
- 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
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 2
- 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
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 3
- 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
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971
- 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
- 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 4
- 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
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972
- 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
- 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 5
- 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
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence, postal receipts and telegram transcripts related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 6
- 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
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1974
- 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
- 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 7
- 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
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- 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
- 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
- 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 9
- 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
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976
- 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
- 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 10
- 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
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 13
- 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
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence, memos and notices related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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
- 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 15
- 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
- 15
- 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
- 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 16
- 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
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence and news releases related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 17
- 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
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence, memos and news releases related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 18
- 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
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence, memos and news releases related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 19
- 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
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence, memos and news releases related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 20
- 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
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence, memos and news releases related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 21
- 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
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence, memos and news releases related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 22
- 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
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence, memos and news releases related to the committee's activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 23
- 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
- 23
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence related to the committee's budget.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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 24
- 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
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1987
- 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
- 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
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- Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry series 27
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- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds 618
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- Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series 23
- Human Rights Day file 2
- Individual refusnik case files sub-sub-series 1
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- Kosygin demonstration file 8
- Levich, Yevgeny, Dr. file 1
- Liubarsky, Lazar file 1
- Manashirov, Derbert file 1
- Markish, Esther file 1
- National Committee for Soviet Jewry file 1
- Photographs of meetings with David Satok file 1
- Protest activities sub-series 165
- Reference publications sub-sub-series 13
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- Vasilevsky, Anatoli and family file 2
- Vinarov, Yacov file 2
- Zalmanson, Silva file 2
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- Antisemitism--Soviet Union 2
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- Luncheons 2
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- Rosh ha-Shanah cards 1
- Seder 1
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- Baichman, Paula 1
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.) 2
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- Clark, Joe, 1939- 1
- Cotler, Irwin 1
- Croll, David, 1900-1991 1
- Crombie, David, 1936- 1
- Goldman, Jeanette 1
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- Levich, Eugene, 1948- 1
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- Radio Canada International 1
- Sadowski, David 1
- Salsberg, J. B. (Joseph B.), ca. 1903-1998 1
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.) 4
- Zalmanson, Sylva, 1944- 1