National Coalition Supporting Soviet Jewry
Formation | 1971 |
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Location | |
Coordinates | 38°54′8″N 77°2′46″W / 38.90222°N 77.04611°W |
Website | www |
The National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry (NCSEJ), formerly the National Council for Soviet Jewry (NCSJ), is an organization in the United States which advocates for the freedoms and rights of
History
NCSEJ comes out of the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, which first met in October 1963. Among those present were
The organization helped link Jewish emigration to trade restrictions, leading to increase of immigration of Jews from Soviet Union to Israel in the 1970s. It organized a march for human rights for Soviet Jews on December 6, 1987, the day before a meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, known as Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jews. About 250,000 people were there, among them George H. W. Bush, Iosif Begun, Yuli Edelstein, Ida Nudel, and Natan Sharansky.
The chairman of the organization is Stephen Greenberg, and the president Alexander Smukler.[4]
References
- ^ Soviet Jewry Movement
- ^ Guide to the Records of National Conference on Soviet Jewry at the American Jewish Historical Society.
- ^ "Soviet Jewry Group Director Resigns After 17 Years". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1988-02-01. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
- ^ NCSJ Executive Committee
External links
- NCSEJ website
- 1988 Conference, a C-SPAN video with speeches by George Shultz and Iosif Begun
- Guide to the Papers of Jerry Goodman at the American Jewish Historical Society