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
1
Material Format
textual record
Date
1974-1975
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a resource book and several general handbooks and information sheets prepared for introducing activists to the protest activities undertaken by groups involved in the Soviet Jewry cause.
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
3
Material Format
textual record
Date
1970-1978
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of various lists of Jewish political prisoners assembled by different advocacy organizations for the monitoring of case files of Jewish Soviet dissidents and prisoners of conscience.
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
4
Material Format
textual record
Date
Sept. 1975, Jan. 1977-Dec. 1977
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of copies of the weekly news bulletin published the Board of Deputies of British Jews. With the exception of one issue from 1975, the bulletins in the file were all published in 1977.
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
5
Material Format
textual record
Date
1972
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a list of persons denied exit visas from the U.S.S.R. on the grounds of "National Security"
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
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
7
Material Format
textual record
Date
1980-1983
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists correspondence, news bulletins and fact sheets related to the activities of Pipeline to the USSR, a letter-writing program to raise awareness of the Soviet Jewry cause among Members of Parliament. The primary correspondent in these files is Jeanette Goldman, Chairman of the Committee for Soviet Jewry, Ontario Region.
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
8
Material Format
textual record
Date
1973-1974
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of articles, a petition and reports on the cases of refusniks held in special mental hospitals in Soviet Union.
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
9
Material Format
textual record
Date
1972-1980
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of miscellaneous listings of refusnik case files and select fact sheets on prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union.
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
10
Material Format
graphic material
textual record
Date
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
10 photographs : b&w (copy) and 9 col. ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller
1 textual record
Scope and Content
File consists of group photos of refusniks, including a typed identification page with short biographical details on one photo, and one copy of a poster on photographic paper with text indicating names of Jews in Soviet prison camps.
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
11
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[197-?]
Physical Description
24 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
File consists of collected head shots of refusniks used primarily for news bulletins and advocacy purposes by the various Soviet Jewry committees and agencies.
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
12
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[197-?]
Physical Description
40 photographs : col. slides ; 3 x 4 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
File consists of forty unidentified colour slides of families, likely refusniks.
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
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
14
Material Format
textual record
Date
1972-1977
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains copies of biographies, corrections and excerpted writings of various prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union.
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