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 Title:  Jewish Defense League photographs and clippings  
 Dates:  1969-1971 
 Call No:  2004.098 
 Abstract:  The Jewish Defense League (JDL), founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in 1968, ultimately adopted the goal of combating manifestations of Jew-hatred regardless of scale, and often adopted violent means to achieve its goals. The collection consists primarily of photographs and clippings relating to JDL protests and other activities from 1969-1971. There is also a small amount of printed ephemera and correspondence. 
 Size:  .5 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Israel -- Politics and government | Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Political activists -- United States 
Creator:  United States. Office of Strategic ServicesSave to cart
 Title:  OSS Reports on Revisionist Zionists  
 Dates:  1944-1945, 1982; Bulk Dates: 1944-1945 
 Call No:  1985.003 
 Abstract:  The collection includes three reports by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), predecessor organization to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), concerning the activities of Peter Bergson and his Revisionist Zionist organization. The "Bergson Group" Revisionists publicized the horrors experienced by European Jewry under the Nazis to arouse public concern and to pressure the United States government into allowing rescue missions of Nazi victims. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Revisionist Zionists | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | Zionists -- United States 
Creator:  Levine, AbeSave to cart
 Title:  Abe Levine Jewish Defense League collection  
 Dates:  1971-1995 
 Call No:  2007.002 
 Abstract:  The collection contains materials relating to the publication of JDL magazines and literature. Included is correspondence between Abe Levine, who was responsible for printing and distributing Kahane Magazine, and Rabbi Meir Kahane, concerning publishing matters, as well as other items related to the Jewish Defense League. 
 Size:  2.0 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Israel -- Politics and government | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Kach newsletter | Kahane Magazine | Only thus: official publication of the Kach Movement | Political activists -- United States 
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 Title:  Jewish Defense League collection  
 Dates:  Bulk Dates:1968-1979; Bulk Dates: 1968-1979; 1940-1980 
 Call No:  1988.001 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of the legal papers, correspondence, publications and clippings of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), a militant international organization dedicated to protecting Jewish rights, and correspondence and financial materials of the Jewish Operation Youth, a subunit of the JDL. 
 Size:  6.5 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Jews -- Identity | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Political activists -- United States | United States -- Ethnic relations | Violence -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Youth -- Political activity -- United States 
Creator:  Hoffman-Bialek, SheilaSave to cart
 Title:  Sheila Bialek collection on Lillian Hoffman Soviet Jewry activism  
 Dates:  2010-2011 
 Call No:  2010.004 
 Abstract:  Lillian Hoffman was born and lived in Denver, Colorado, and was active in numerous philanthropic causes throughout her life, in particular, Soviet Jewry. The collection consists of a six-volume work compiled by Hoffman's daughter Sheila Bialek to document her mother's life and work in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Hoffman's Soviet Jewry activism. Video recordings of recollections of Hoffman by former Soviet refuseniks and Soviet Jewry activists, as well as several news articles about an event Bialek held in East Hampton, N.Y. in August, 2010 to honor of her mother's accomplishments, are also included. 
 Size:  .5 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Freedom From Tyranny | Jewish women -- United States -- Biography | Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Political activists -- United States | Soviet Union -- Emigration and Immigration -- Government policy | Soviet Union -- Ethnic relations 
Creator:  Zionist Archives and Library of Palestine Foundation Fund (New York, N.Y.)Save to cart
 Title:  Zionist Archives LP collection  
 Dates:  1941-1957 
 Call No:  1999.005 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of sound recordings, collected by the Zionist Archives, on glass and vinyl records on various topics pertaining to Palestine and the State of Israel. They include Zionist radio shows, speeches to the UN regarding the Palestine question, and language tools for learning Hebrew. They feature important individuals such as Abba Hillel Silver and Chaim Weizmann. 
 Size:  11.5 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Christian Zionism | Israel -- History -- 20th century | Israel -- Politics and government | Jews -- Attitudes toward Israel | Jews -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Palestine -- History -- Partition | Zionists -- United States 
Creator:  Koenigsberg, Benjamin, 1884-1975Save to cart
 Title:  Benjamin and Pearl Koenigsberg Papers  
 Dates:  1890-1998; Bulk Dates: 1905-1972 
 Call No:  1993.003 
 Abstract:  Lawyer and Orthodox communal worker, the collection contains organizational records, affidavits, and correspondence of Benjamin Koenigsberg during his life on New York's Lower East Side. Also contains materials relating to the Koenigsberg/Friedman families. 
 Size:  23.5 linear feet 
 Subjects:  Jewish lawyers | Jews -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- New York (State) -- History | Jews -- United States -- History | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Kosher food industry -- United States -- History | Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) | Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York | Refugees, Jewish -- United States | Sabbath legislation -- New York (State) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 
Creator:  Brafman, MorrisSave to cart
 Title:  Morris Brafman papers  
 Dates:  1955-1992; Bulk Dates: 1964-1990 
 Call No:  1992.020 
 Abstract:  Morris Brafman was a journalist and businessman involved in Revisionist Zionism and active in Jewish causes, particularly Soviet Jewry. The collection consists of various records of the American League for Russian Jews, which he founded in the early 1960s, as well as numerous materials relating to Soviet Jewry, Mid-East issues, and other Jewish causes and professional interests with which he was involved. 
 Size:  58.0 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Antisemitism -- Soviet Union | Israel -- Emigration and immigration | Jewish businesspeople -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union | Jews -- Soviet Union | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Middle East -- Politics and government | Occupational training for Jews | Revisionist Zionists | Soviet Union -- Ethnic relations | Vocational education -- New York (State) -- New York | Zionists -- United States 
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 Title:  Soviet Jewry movement commemorative material collection  
 Dates:  2007-2017 
 Call No:  2008.002 
 Abstract:  The collection is comprised of DVDs and printed material from events and works that commemmorate the international rights campaign to end the persecution of Jews in the USSR and guarantee their freedom to emigrate that took place primarily from the 1960s through 1991, known as the Soviet Jewry Movement. 
 Size:  .25 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Antisemitism -- Soviet Union | Jewish day schools -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union | Jews -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century --Exhibitions | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Political activists -- United States | Refuseniks -- History -- Exhibitions | Student movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies | Students -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Zionism -- Soviet Union -- History -- Exhibitions 
Creator:  Jacobs, HaroldSave to cart
 Title:  Harold M. Jacobs papers  
 Dates:  1888-1994; Bulk Dates: 1950-1994 
 Call No:  1995.006 
 Abstract:  The Harold M. Jacobs Papers document the lifetime and activities of Harold Milton Jacobs (1912-1995), an important Jewish lay leader and businessman. The Papers largely document his career in communal service, both in the Jewish and general non-profit realms. The collection contains correspondence, reports, photographs and other material from Jacobs' numerous affiliations such as the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, the National Council of Young Israel, and the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York, as well as correspondence documenting his relationships with many prominent local, national, and international politicians and leaders. 
 Size:  18.5 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Jewish businesspeople -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish day schools | Jews -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- United States -- Charities | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Judaism and politics | New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs | Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York | Religious Zionism | Religious institutions -- New York (State) -- New York | Sabbath legislation -- New York (State) | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York | Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- New York | Zionism 
Creator:  Miller, Israel, 1918-2002Save to cart
 Title:  Israel Miller papers  
 Dates:  1913-2002; Bulk Dates: 1968-1998 
 Call No:  YU.1994.074 
 Abstract:  The collection primarily contains materials arising from the rabbinic career of Israel Miller, and his involvement in various Jewish institutions and causes. It also contains some personal and family materials and memorabilia. 
 Size:  125.0 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Antisemitism -- Soviet Union | Arab-Israeli conflict | Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Reparations | Israel -- Foreign relations -- United States | Jewish property -- Germany | Jewish religious education | Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union | Jews -- South Africa | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Military chaplains -- United States | Rabbis -- New York (State) -- New York | Real property -- Germany | South Africa -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Soviet Union -- Ethnic relations | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York | United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel | World War, 1939-1945 -- Chaplains | Zionists -- Political activity -- United States 
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 Title:  Leon H. Charney Collection  
 Dates:  1912-2016; Bulk Dates: 1965-2016 
 Call No:  2017.006 
 Abstract:  Digital collection of materials documenting the life and activities of Leon Charney, a lawyer, author, businessman and philanthropist who hosted a public affairs program on cable television for more than 20 years. Charney also served as an advisor to various government leaders, and as an expert in Middle East affairs, was called upon to function as a backdoor liaison during the negotiations between Israel and Egypt leading to the 1979 Peace Treaty signed by the two countries. 
 Size:  3155 digital files and one small box; 141 GB of image and audio/video files 
 Subjects:  Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1973-1993 | Cantors (Judaism) -- United States | Egypt--Foreign relations--Israel | Israel -- Foreign relations -- United States | Israel -- Politics and government | Israel--Foreign relations--Egypt | Jewish authors -- United States | Jewish businesspeople -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish philanthropists | Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Middle East--Foreign relations--United States | Songs, Hebrew | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration | Synagogue music | United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century | United States--Foreign relations--Middle East