The Activist Challenge: Women, Students, and the Board of Deputies of British Jews in the British Campaign for Soviet Jewry

Rich, Dave

doi:10.1007/s10835-015-9234-5

Jew History

2015

DOI: 10.1007/s10835-015-9234-5

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The Activist Challenge: Women, Students, and the Board of Deputies of British Jews in the British Campaign for Soviet Jewry

Dave Rich

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‘Let my people go’: diaspora mobilization for the human rights of political prisoners

Godwin

2021

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Diaspora mobilization to influence homeland conflicts has been explored extensively. What has been considered less is the role diasporas play as 'long distance human rights advocates' in mobilization for political prisoners. Adding to the increased attention on diasporas as human rights advocates, this inquiry conceptualizes and compares the mobilization of the American Jewish and Vietnamese diasporas during the Cold War to release political prisoners in the Soviet Union and in Vietnam. Jewish and Vietnamese diasporas created influential, special purpose human rights organizations, employed successful framing strategies and mobilized grassroots members through contentious action. The Jewish diaspora further utilized transnational advocacy coalitions and symbolic politics to great effect. This inquiry argues that diaspora human rights NGOs provide critical advantages to human rights advocacy, including through the provision of information about political prisoners, considerable resources for grassroots mobilization and by acting as legitimizing agents for external interventions.

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‘Let my people go’: diaspora mobilization for the human rights of political prisoners

Godwin

2021

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Gendering the Struggle: Women’s Voices of Resistance and the Jewish Movement in the Soviet Union

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2024

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This article analyzes the contribution of women to the Soviet Union’s Jewish movement. We argue that an assessment of the personal stories of Jewish female activists in the former Soviet Union reveals a uniquely meaningful impact on the exodus of Jewry from the Soviet Union, the image of the Soviet Jewish struggle in the international arena, and the establishment of a human rights movements in its support. We explore who these women were, their personal identities, and through what factors they became so successful as prominent leaders in their communities as well as within international organizations. More broadly, by highlighting the link between women’s human rights activities and personal life stories, this article emphasizes a more nuanced analysis concerning the complexity of heroism within national freedom movements through its impact on their careers, mental health, and future destinies.

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The Activist Challenge: Women, Students, and the Board of Deputies of British Jews in the British Campaign for Soviet Jewry

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‘Let my people go’: diaspora mobilization for the human rights of political prisoners

‘Let my people go’: diaspora mobilization for the human rights of political prisoners

Gendering the Struggle: Women’s Voices of Resistance and the Jewish Movement in the Soviet Union

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