Soviet Jewry Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activePeriod 1960s
1970s
1980s
gptkbp:focusesOn human rights
religious freedom
Jewish emigration
gptkbp:goal allow Soviet Jews to emigrate
end discrimination against Jews in the USSR
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet Jewry Movement
gptkbp:legacy contributed to collapse of Soviet Union
influenced modern human rights movements
strengthened ties between US and Israel
gptkbp:method protests
public demonstrations
political lobbying
letter-writing campaigns
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Freedom_Sunday_for_Soviet_Jews
gptkb:Jackson-Vanik_Amendment
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Elie_Wiesel
gptkb:Yuli_Edelstein
gptkb:Natan_Sharansky
gptkb:Anatoly_(Natan)_Shcharansky
gptkb:Ida_Nudel
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:National_Conference_on_Soviet_Jewry
gptkb:Student_Struggle_for_Soviet_Jewry
gptkb:Union_of_Councils_for_Soviet_Jews
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Soviet_government
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Israeli
gptkb:Refuseniks
Orthodox Judaism
Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union
gptkbp:result increased Jewish emigration from USSR
policy changes in Soviet Union
raised international awareness
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
human rights activists
American Jewish community
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Soviet_Jews
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6