- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Refusnik cases sub-series
- Refusnik groups sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-6-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970-1983
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- 74 photographs : b&w; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of various types of group documents: listings of groups of Soviet Jews; group and unidentified photographs of refusniks; and records pertaining to advocacy groups organized by former refusniks, both in Canada and internationally. Several of the files in this sub-sub-series also include publications by these groups.
- Related Material
- Individual refusnik case files may be found at Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-1.
Publications about refusniks may be found at Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-3.
- Arrangement
- Sub-sub-series records are organized alphabetically at the file level.
- 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
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Helsinki Accords were resolutions adopted in 1975 by thirty-five Soviet and Western countries to respect sovereignty and human rights. Many of the principles outlined in the Helsinki treaties were used by the various Soviet Jewry committees to support the claims of refusniks seeking to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a large number of case files assembled by the Helsinki Agreement Watchdog Committee, as well as an essay and a newsletter concerning the Helsinki agreement.
- 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
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972-1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains case notes and lists concerning requests for aid from Soviet Jews as prepared by the Action Committee of Newcomers from the Soviet Union and the Union of Councilors for Soviet Jews.
- Notes
- Further information on the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews and its member organizations can be found in the sub-series 3-4, affiliated organizations, of this series.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions