Judith Goldman Soviet Jewry Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0967

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Forms part of the South Texas Jewish Archives. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Content Description

One box containing the Action Newsletter produced by Judith Goldman, correspondence, photographs, news clippings, and speeches documents some of Judith Goldman's time as president of Houston Action for Soviet Jewry from 1983 to 2020.

Forms part of the South Texas Jewish Archives.

Dates

Creation: 1983 - 2020

Conditions Governing Access

Collection open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586. Allow 24 hours retrieval time.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Judith Goldman Soviet Jewry Collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations

Biographical / Historical

The Houston Action for Soviet Jewry was founded by Rabbi Shaul Osadchey and several of the congregants from Congregation Brith Shalom in Bellaire, Texas, circa 1983. The organization's aim was to support Jews living in the Soviet Union and to aid their efforts to either express their religious rights within the Soviet Union or to be allowed to emigrate. Judith Goldman was the organization's first president.