Letter from The University Community for Soviet Jewry about Its First Meeting (1970)

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Letter to Members of New York Conference on Soviet Jewry on Convening Meeting (1970)

An important joint committee meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 24th, at 1:00 P.M., at the offices of the NCRAC, 55 West 42 Street, Room 1530. There are some crucial decisions that must be made. Your attendance is urged and urgent. RSVP: David Geller PL 1-4000

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Letter to Colleagues about Meeting to Organize Exodus March (1970)

On Thursday, March 26th at 5:00 P.M., at the office of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, 55 West 42nd Street, room 1530, we will meet for what will probably be the most crucial meeting of our Exodus March demonstration. In addition to brief reports of our Program, Publicity, Finance and Special Arrangements Committees, we will discuss transportation procedures, and will be briefed on the responsibilities of our volunteer marshalls. We hope too, that you will be able to report on what you and/or your organization have done to publicize this important event.Please be prompt......Coffee will be served.RSVP – David Geller PL 1-4000

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Letter to Rabbinic Colleagues Inviting Them to Meeting on Soviet Jewry (1970)

Dear Rabbi Lamm: You might be interested to know that we have gotten together as representatives of various campuses in the New York area to establish a committee which will work on behalf of Soviet Jewry. Our purpose is not to compete with existing organizations, but to supplement them. The enclosed minutes of our first meeting should explain what we stand for and what kinds of activities we plan to encourage. We plan to be in touch with you and to seek your advice. We hope that you will volunteer whatever help you can give us. It will be greatly appreciated.Sincerely yours,The University Community for Soviet Jewry---MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY FOR SOVIET JEWRYOn June 1, 1970, representatives from a number of New York campuses got together to organize a committee whose purpose shall be to stimulate and coordinate activities on behalf of Soviet Jewry. Present at the meeting were representatives of the following campuses: JTS, CCNY, Queens College, YU, Teacher’s College. We hope that in the future every New York campus will be represented.This committee, tentatively named the University Community for Soviet Jewry, shall concern itself primarily with activities on the various campuses in the New York area.It is NOT our purpose to compete with existing organizations or to duplicate their work. Rather, we wish to supplement their endeavors and be active in areas they are not. We will coordinate our activities with theirs and promote their projects when possible. To this end, we have appointed a liaison — Benjy Lunzer (CCNY) — whose duty it shall be to maintain constant contact with these organizations.The following is a list of projects and proposals we will attempt to initiate and carry out:Composing of flyers and their distribution on campuses, directed at making the Jewish students aware of, and concerned with, their Jewishness in general and the problem of Soviet Jewry in particular. Each campus leader shall attempt to formulate the text of said flyer so as…

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