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.

Event information[edit]

Before the event

  1. Please create a Wikipedia account
  2. RSVP via the Center for Jewish History here
  3. If you already have a Wikipedia account, please add your username below as well.

During the event

Attendees[edit]

Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below. Please RSVP directly to the Center for Jewish History at the link above if you plan on attending in person. The Meetup link is here.

Likely attendees

  1. Lange.lea (talk) 21:23, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. RachelCMiller (talk) 22 October 2015
  3. Pharos (talk) 01:59, 23 October 2015 (
  4. Lutzv (talk) 13:35, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  5. kosboot (talk) 15:16, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  6. AndreyPFilimonov (talk) 11:37, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Rh236 (talk)
  8. Nwhysel (talk) 17:23, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Jwhysel (talk) 17:23, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Sarah.r.glover (talk) 08:30, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Mozucat (talk) 22:00, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Lilerner3215 (talk) 16:30, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Jim.henderson (talk) 16:50, 22 November 2015 (UTC) will leave early[reply]
  14. Greenhousenicole (talk)
  15. Glennrik (talk)

Tentative

  1. Kschlot1 (talk) 12:18, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Rrrowmyboat (talk) 23 October 2015

Regrets

  1. czar 06:18, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I would very much have liked to participate. Unfortunately, I have an unbreakable prior commitment. Enjoy! -- Y not? 20:37, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  3. DGG unfortunately not practical. ( talk ) 23:38, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Remote participants

  1. Glowinska (talk) 18:54, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. BrillLyle (talk)

Articles to improve[edit]

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.

People

alphabetical by last name

Subjects

Articles to be created[edit]

Outcomes[edit]

New articles created

Alphabetical

  1. ru:Джейкоб (Яков) Бирнбаум (Jacob Birnbaum page in Russian) -- AndreyPFilimonov (talk)
  2. Pamela Cohen -- Greenhousenicole (talk)
  3. Morey Schapira -- Kschlot1 (talk)
  4. Avital Sharansky -- Lange.lea (talk)
  5. Sovetish Heymland -- Rh236 (talk)

Articles improved

alphabetical by first letter

  1. 1970s Soviet Union aliyah references improved -- Lange.lea (talk)
  2. American Jewish Historical Society -- Rh236 (talk), BrillLyle (talk)
  3. Center for Jewish History -- BrillLyle (talk)
  4. Donna Arzt -- Lilerner3215 (talk)
  5. Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair -- Lutzv (talk)
  6. Jackson–Vanik amendment -- Kschlot1 (talk)
  7. Jacob Birnbaum -- Kosboot (talk)
  8. Jewish Defense League -- Kschlot1 (talk)
  9. List of protest marches on Washington, D.C. -- added link and other content -- Greenhousenicole (talk) and RachelCMiller (talk)
  10. Martin Gilbert -- added content and citations -- RachelCMiller (talk)
  11. Micah Naftalin -- added external link -- Greenhousenicole (talk)
  12. Morey Schapira -- cleaned up cites, added info -- BrillLyle (talk)
  13. National Coalition Supporting Soviet Jewry -- updated content -- Glennrik (talk)
  14. Night of the Murdered Poets -- Kschlot1 (talk)
  15. Si Frumkin -- Sarah.r.glover (talk)
  16. Soviet Jewry Movement -- moved page to better title, added content -- Glennrik (talk), added content Lilerner3215 (talk)
  17. John Steinbruck -- added death date -- Greenhousenicole (talk)
  18. Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry -- Glennrik (talk)
  19. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews -- added content -- Lilerner3215 (talk), Mozucat (talk)
  20. Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jews -- added content and links -- RachelCMiller (talk)

Images added to Wikimedia Commons

  1. File:AJHS logo horizontal.png -- BrillLyle (talk)
  2. File:AJHS seal.jpg -- BrillLyle (talk)
  3. File:AJHS logo stacked.jpg -- BrillLyle (talk)

For further inspiration[edit]

For ideas for further articles to edit as well as possible categories to add to articles above, see:

WikiProjects

Categories

Resources[edit]

Editing Wikipedia resources[edit]

Tools and templates

Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help

Templates

((Template:American Jewish Historical Society - Finding Aid|pID|link label))
An example:
((Template:American Jewish Historical Society - Finding Aid|798129|Houston Action for Soviet Jewry Records))
displays
Houston Action for Soviet Jewry Records at the American Jewish Historical Society
((CJHr|id|link label|partner))
An example:
((CJHr|1995111|National Eternal Light Vigil for Soviet Jewry|American Jewish Historical Society))
displays
National Eternal Light Vigil for Soviet Jewry held by the American Jewish Historical Society at the Center for Jewish History

External links[edit]

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