Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
The Pittsburgh Voice for Soviet Jewry was an advocacy group created to bring attention to the issue of Jewish families who were unable to leave the Soviet Union.
It was created in May 1971. Supporters include Lee Horvitz, Rabbi Leonard Winograd, Simon Seth Kaminetsky, Myra Lanson, Dr. David Chamovitz, and Mose Hudson.
Some of the initiatives of the group included a visual awareness campaign through bumper stickers, buttons, and seals; handing out pamphlets at public events; a “Prisoner of Conscious” dinner, where attendees ate standard fare served to Jewish prisoners in the Soviet Union; a campaign to send night letters to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev; a campaign to send money and care packages to Jewish families in the Soviet Union; smuggling Jewish religious educational materials into the Soviet Union; hosting local film screenings; and bringing Soviet émigrés to Pittsburgh for speaking engagements.
The Pittsburgh Voice for Soviet Jewry was legally incorporated in February 1974 for the purpose of “providing financial aid for Soviet Jewish families, and presenting educational programs to bring their situation to the attention of the community.”
Bibliography
- Pittsburgh Voice for Soviet Jewry materials, from Rosalie Levite Glickman and Eugene Glickman Family Papers [MSS 1253] (catalog record).
- Horvitz, Lee. “I Remember Kahane,” Jewish Chronicle, Nov. 22, 1990 (online).
Exhibit history
- Author: Eric Lidji
- Original: February 13, 2026
- Current: February 13, 2026