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The
grassroots activists who formed the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jewry,
and their colleagues throughout the USA in the Union of Councils for
Soviet Jews, started out as amateurs.
They quickly became
experts, however, through their passion to save Soviet Jews, working
day and night, quickly mastering the arts of organization-building,
fund raising, influencing political leaders, and publicizing their
campaigns through the media. For over two decades they challenged a
totalitarian superpower – one Refusenik and one prisoner at a time.
Read
the story of a woman who escaped from violent anti-Semitism, became an
American and creatively helped the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews
achieve great success.
Read her Story
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Oshman Family Jewish Community Center
Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda and Contra-Costa Counties
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| Co-sponsored by: |
| Congregation Beth Am |
| Congregation Etz Chayim |
| Congregation Kol Emeth |
| Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, The Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties. |
| Jewish Study Network |
| Peninsula Jewish Community Center |
| Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School |
| Bureau of Jewish Education of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties |
Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma Counties
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| Congregation Keddem |
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