Passover revisited : Philadelphia's efforts to aid Soviet Jews, 1963-1998 /

Passover revisited : Philadelphia's efforts to aid Soviet Jews, 1963-1998 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Harrison, Andrew, 1965-
Imprint:	Madison [NJ] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : [Distributed by] Associated University Presses, c2001.
Description:	268 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Soviet Jewry Council (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History. Soviet Jewry Council (Philadelphia, Pa.) Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Social action -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions. Refuseniks. Jews -- Politics and government. Jews -- Social conditions. Refuseniks. Social action. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Soviet Union. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4568180

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ISBN:	0838639097 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-262) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Ebbs and Flows: 1962-1973
2. The Purveyor of Hope: The Creation of the Soviet Jewry Council
3. The Personal Touch: Aiding Refuseniks
4. Coalition Building
5. Trips of Hope, Lives of Despair
6. Mitzvahs of Hope, Years of Despair
7. The Decisive Years: 1973-1979
8. The 1980s: Years of Rage, a Glimmer of Hope
9. Back to the Future: 1989-1998.