Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/SovietJewry

Soviet Jewry Edit-a-thon
Metal pin from the Papers of Jerry Goodman, “Free Soviet Jews”
When and Where
TimeSunday, November 22, 2015
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
AddressCenter for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
(between 5th and 6th Avenues)
City, StateNew York City, New York 10011
Soviet Jewry flyer
Soviet Jewry Edit-a-thon
Ida Nudel
President Ronald Reagan with Avital Sharansky, Iosif Mendelevich, and Vice-President George H. W. Bush
“How many years can some people exist, before they're allowed to be free?”
Freedom festival for Soviet Jewry featuring Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary
1980 Summer Olympics
Freedom Assembly for Soviet Jews, Washington, D.C., 1973
Bumper sticker from the Papers of Morey Schapira, “Another American for Soviet Jews”
Soviet Jewry rally on Simḥat Torah
Brother of Prisoner of Conscience Boris Tsitlionok at a protest

The Center for Jewish History and the American Jewish Historical Society hosted an edit-a-thon centered on the American Soviet Jewry movement. The event was open to everyone, no previous Wikipedia editing experience necessary!

Resources included materials from the Archive of the American Soviet Jewry Movement at the American Jewish Historical Society that were recently digitized with the generous support of the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC). For more information on the NHPRC-funded digitization project see a recent blog entry on the Center for Jewish History's 16th Street Tumblr.