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North American Jewish Students' Network

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Jewish Student Organizations Collection

 Collection
Identifier: I-61
Abstract

The collection contains the periodicals of, and relating to, many Jewish student organizations.

Dates: undated, 1907-2006; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1985

Morey Schapira Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-906
Abstract

Papers of Morey Schapira reflect the work of the prominent activist of the American Soviet Jewry movement in the years 1965-1993. The collection includes details on Mr. Schapira’s leadership role with organizations Action for Soviet Jewry, the Bay Area Council on Soviet Jewry, the New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. The collection contains files on many other groups, individuals and topics.

Dates: undated, 1963, 1965-1994, 1996-1997, 2010

Records of the Jewish Student Press Service

 Collection
Identifier: I-248
Abstract

Founded in 1970 as a constituent organization of the North American Jewish Students’ Appeal, the Jewish Student Press Service (JSPS) served as a provider of student-written feature articles and news distributor for the Jewish student and young adult publishers in North America and Israel. This collection documents the activities of the JSPS from its founding to 1987 and includes correspondence, meeting minutes, flyers, and unpublished articles. The majority of the collection is made up of mailing packets, later known as Jewish Press Features.

Dates: 1970-1987, 2001

Records of the North American Jewish Students Appeal

 Collection
Identifier: I-338 and I-338A
Abstract

The records of the North American Jewish Students Appeal (NAJSA or APPEAL) contains documents on two levels of concern: those documents dealing with the NAJSA as a student-run organization promoting Jewish identity among college-aged youth; and those documents dealing with the APPEAL as a fundraising organization for several well-known student constituent organizations. The Constituents were: the Jewish Student Press Service, Lights in Action, the North American Jewish Students Network, the Progressive Zionist Caucus, Response: A Contemporary Jewish Review, Yavneh Religious Students Organization, and Yugntruf Youth for Yiddish. Documents include correspondence, financial records, minutes, press releases, information on grants awarded to student organizations for programming and publishing, student journals and newspapers, photographs, and ephemera.

Dates: undated, 1962, 1964-1996; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1995; undated, 1962, 1964-1996; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1995

Ruth Abusch-Magder Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-841
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Ruth Abusch-Magder, mostly documenting her Jewish feminist and activist work as a high school and college student from 1984-1992.

Dates: 1978, 1984-1992

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Subject
Correspondence 3
Student movements 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Jewish college students 2
Jews, Soviet 2