American Jewish Congress, Northern California Division Records, 1957-1988

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Finding Aid to the American Jewish Congress, Northern California Division records, 1957-1988

Finding Aid written by Judah L. Magnes Museum staff; revised by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life staff The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ © 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

BANC MSS 2010/702 1 Finding Aid to the American Jewish Congress, Northern California Division records, 1957-1988

Collection Number: BANC MSS 2010/702

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University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Finding Aid Written By: Judah L. Magnes Museum staff; revised by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life staff Date Completed: July 2011 © 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary Collection Title: American Jewish Congress, Northern California Division records Date (inclusive): 1957-1988 Collection Number: BANC MSS 2010/702 Creators : American Jewish Congress. Northern California Division Extent: Number of containers: 10 cartons, 1 box(Linear feet: 10.4) Repository: The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Abstract: The collection documents the activities of the American Jewish Congress' Northern California Division from 1960 through the mid-1980s. It contains minutes (1960-1982, incomplete), financial records, membership records, annual reports, articles, programs, newsletters, press releases, clippings, correspondence, briefs and published material, and some photographs. Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.

BANC MSS 2010/702 2 Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], American Jewish Congress, Northern California Division records, BANC MSS 2010/702, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Alternate Forms Available There are no alternate forms of this collection. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. American Jewish Congress. Northern California Division --Archives American Jewish Congress Western Jewish History Center African Americans--Relations with Jews Education--California--San Francisco Jews--California, Northern Jews--Soviet Union Jews--California--San Francisco Jews--Europe, Eastern National socialism Oral history Religion and state Social service--California, Northern Zionism California, Northern--Social life and customs--20th century Press releases Administrative records. Annual reports. Financial records. Minutes. Photographs. Programs. American Jewish Congress. Commission on Law and Social Action American Jewish Congress. East Bay Chapter Western Jewish History Center. 006 Judah L. Magnes Museum. WJHC 1969.001 Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life Acquisition Information The American Jewish Congress records were given to The Bancroft Library by the Judah L. Magnes Museum in 2010. Accruals No additions are expected. System of Arrangement Arranged to the folder level. Processing Information Processed by the Judah L. Magnes Museum staff in 1999. Additional processing by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life Staff in 2011. Biographical Information The American Jewish Congress (AJC) was founded in 1916, and reorganized in 1920 and 1938. The groundwork for the Northern California Division was laid in the 1930s by Rabbis Saul White of Beth Sholom and Elliot Burstein of Beth Israel

BANC MSS 2010/702 3 when they organized a boycott of German goods. The Division was officially founded in December 1943. The AJC's mission shifted somewhat over the years but the core was the promotion of "Jewish rights and freedom" within the U.S. and the support of the "Jewish Homeland." The organization's Civil Rights stand broadened over the years from a concern for Jewish Rights (American Jewish Yearbook, 1922) to the "elimination of all forms of racial and religious bigotry" (American Jewish Yearbook, 1995) and was referred to by one member as a Jewish ACLU. One of the AJC's primary money making activities was the sponsoring of tours of Israel and Jewish themed tours to other cultural and religious sites around the world. The Northern California Division grew tremendously under the leadership of Executive Director Ephraim Margolin (1960-1964) and Divisional Director Joel Brooks (1967-199?). In 1960 Ephraim Margolin, Yale educated lawyer and former Israeli Supreme Court Clerk, was recruited as both the West Coast Director of the AJC's Commission on Law and Social Action (CLSA) and Executive Director of the Northern California Division of the AJC. Margolin worked to expand the AJC's base, increasing membership and promoting the creation of numerous local chapters. Margolin recruited a number of the emerging leaders in the progressive legal community to the AJC including Joe Grodin (later an AJC President). The AJC's Law Commentary published the first articles by a number of lawyers who would later become nationally prominent. Margolin held annual retreats with AJC members and leading legal authorities including the Attorney General which led to a number of major legal cases on employment, housing and church/state issues. The AJC was instrumental in the drafting of the first Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) legislation and filed 30-40 briefs in progressive cases expanding out from the National AJC focus on Church/State issues. Margolin stepped down as director in 1964, but later served as President and remained active in the legal activities of the AJC and the CLSA. In 1967 Joel Brooks became Northern California Divisional Director. Under Brooks the AJC expanded rapidly and branched out into a variety of service areas. The Experience Reserve Bank (ERB) was founded in 1969 to give free management and technical assistance to minorities, new immigrants, and veterans interested in owning and operating their own businesses. The Legal Assistance to the Elderly Project, established in 1974, provided free legal and social services on a non-sectarian basis to San Francisco's elderly poor. The AJC's Committee on Law and Social Action (CLSA) filed friend of the court briefs and worked on a variety of legal and social action issues. The AJC was also at the forefront of struggles on the behalf of both Soviet and Ethiopian Jews. Brooks, whose former service included a stint in the Israeli Army and work with a number of other Jewish agencies, liked the idea of doing things differently. He is proud of having recruited Hal Lipset, the nation's number one private eye (inventor of the martini microphone, authenticator of the Watergate Tapes, and head of a number of law enforcement associations), as President of the Division. The AJC was the only Jewish organization with which Lipset was involved. Brooks also lectured as an expert on the Black Jews of America. Scope and Content of Collection This collection contains minutes (1960-1982, incomplete), financial records, membership records, annual reports, articles, programs, newsletters, press releases, clippings, correspondence, briefs and published material, and some photographs. One sound recording on a thin plastic disc is also included in the collection. The material is divided into five series: Corporate Records, Newsletters and Press Releases, Oral History Project, Subject Files and Correspondence. Most of the materials cover the 1970s through the mid 1980s, with some material from the early 1960s as well. The collection documents the activities of the AJC from 1960 through the mid-1980s. The majority of the material concerns events from the mid to late 1970s. The largest series consists of subject files containing of correspondence, flyers, clippings, pamphlets and other background materials relating to AJC events, programs and areas of interest. Correspondence files provide additional information on AJC activities and concerns, as well as documenting the organizational structure and the relationship between the national and local offices. Of special interest are materials relating to the Falashas (Ethiopian Jews), Soviet Jewry, Black-Jewish Relationships, Affirmative Action, Black Jews in the United States, church-state affairs, Zionism, education, and Nazism in San Francisco. The Experience Reserve Bank (ERB) and the Legal Assistance to the Elderly programs are also documented, as are the AJC's annual Kallah (retreat) and the activities of various chapters. Also of interest are documents pertaining to the Jews of Eastern Europe Oral History Project co-sponsored by the AJC and the WJHC. Other examples of Magnes Museum/AJC cooperation and connection are scattered throughout the collection.

BANC MSS 2010/702 4 Series 1Corporate Records. 1960-1984

Series 1 Corporate Records. 1960-1984 Physical Description: Carton 1 and Carton 2, folders 1-19 Scope and Content Note This series contains minutes, board of directors, financial and membership records. Incomplete board of directors minutes (1960-1982) are supplemented by notices to the board, some committee reports, and biographical sketches of some board members. Also included in this series are information on the AJC's Annual Meeting and Dinner, the budget process and other financial records. Membership records also include lists of members and potential members, forms and a calendar and list of San Francisco synagogues and rabbis.

Carton 1, Folder Board of Directors Minutes, 1960-1982 1-7 Carton 1, Folder 8 Reports and Minutes from Various Committees, 1979-1984 Carton 1, Folder 9 Programs, Plans and Resolutions, 1979-1982 Carton 1, Folder Monthly Reports to Board, 1982 10 Carton 1, Folder Board of Directors - Board Notices, 1973-1983 11-17 Carton 1, Folder Board Responses, n.d. 18 Carton 1, Folder Biographical Sketches of Board Members, 1982-1983 19 Carton 1, Folder Board Mailing Lists, 1974-1981 20 Carton 1, Folder Annual Reports, 1960-1966 21 Carton 1, Folder Annual Meeting/Dinner, 1970-1980 22-29 Carton 1, Folder Conference, 1980 30 Carton 1, Folder Budget Requests/Meetings, 1967-1970 31-34 Carton 1, Folder Budget Requests -- Federation, 1971-1974 35-38 Carton 2, Folder Budget Requests -- Federation, 1976-1979 1-5 Carton 2, Folder Budget - San Jose, 1975-1978 6-7 Carton 2, Folder 8 Fundraising, 1973 Carton 2, Folder 9 Requests to Treasurer -- Misc. Financial, 1975-1979 Carton 2, Folder Proposal of Commission on Membership and Organization, n.d. 10 Carton 2, Folder Ways and Means Committee -- Membership, 1960 11 Carton 2, Folder Membership Records and Instructions, 1967, 1972 12 Carton 2, Folder Membership -- Century Club, 1967-1972 13 Carton 2, Folder Membership Request, 1971-1972 14 Carton 2, Folder Membership -- Forms and Examples, 1972, 1981 15 Carton 2, Folder Telephone Drive -- List of Potential Members, 1982-1983 16 Carton 2, Folder Miscellaneous Membership Materials, 1967-1984 17

BANC MSS 2010/702 5 Series 1Corporate Records. 1960-1984

Carton 2, Folder Membership Surveys List, n.d. 18 Carton 2, Folder AJC Calendar List of S.F Synagogues and Rabbis, 1981-1983 19 Series 2 Newsletters and Press Releases. 1964-1982 Physical Description: Carton 2, folders 20-32 Scope and Content Note This series contains scattered issues of a variety of Newsletters and Bulletins from AJC and other organizations. Also included are press releases.

Carton 2, Folder Monthly Bulletins -- Northern California Division, 1964-1966 20 Carton 2, Folder Regional Newsletters, 1973-1981, n.d. 21 Carton 2, Folder Newsletter, 1977-1978 22 Carton 2, Folder "Frankly Speaking" Newsletter, 1977 23 Carton 2, Folder Other News Bulletins, 1978-1981 24 Carton 2, Folder Press Releases, 1968-1982 25-32 Series 3 Oral History Project. 1976-1978 Physical Description: Carton 2, folders 33-38 Scope and Content Note This series contains documents related to the Jews of Eastern European Origin Oral History Project co-sponsored by the Western Jewish History Center and the AJC. Documents include proposal, background information, volunteer and interview information, steering committee information and funding materials.

Carton 2, Folder Description and Proposal, 1976 33 Carton 2, Folder Project, 1977-1978 34 Carton 2, Folder Volunteer Information and Materials, 1976, n.d. 35 Carton 2, Folder Steering Committee and Advisory Board, 1976-1978, n.d. 36 Carton 2, Folder Funding Information and Correspondence, 1976-1978, n.d. 37 Carton 2, Folder Project Stationery, n.d. 38

BANC MSS 2010/702 6 Series 4Subject Files. 1957-1988

Series 4 Subject Files. 1957-1988 Physical Description: Carton 2, folders 39-41 and Cartons 3-8 Scope and Content Note This series contains a wide variety of clippings, letters, bulletins, tickets, announcements and other documents covering the full range of activities and events sponsored by the AJC. This series includes both information and program files. Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject. Some subjects are divided into sub-series. These include Chapters (arranged alphabetically by location), Commission on Law and Social Action (CLSA) files (some of which duplicate subjects found elsewhere), Experience Reserve Bank (ERB) files, and Programs which includes individual event folders for 1979-1980 arranged chronologically. The four folders labeled Newspaper Articles and Clippings contain information on AJC events. Other folders may include clippings as well. The Activities files consist of flyers received by the WJHC documenting AJC events. Other topics of special note are: Affirmative Action (also see CLSA), the Arab Economic Boycott, Black/Jewish Relations, Complaints about a Spartan Dodge ad which ran on Channel 36 in 1972, the Black Panthers and Angela Davis, the Falasha (Ethiopian Jews), Jewish Film Festivals and various film projects, responses to a planned meeting of Holocaust Debunkers (Institute of Historical Review), Informational and Cultural projects related to Israel and Israelis in the U.S., various Jewish welfare organizations and concerns including the groundbreaking Legal Assistance to the Elderly Project, religion in the schools and other Church/State Issues, programs and events supporting Soviet Jews including a Benefit Run, and materials pertaining to the activities of the Women's Division.

Carton 2, Folder Abortion, 1981 39 Carton 2, Folder Activities -- West Coast, 1960-1969 40 Carton 2, Folder Activities -- Northern California, 1969-1979 41 Carton 3, Folder 1 Activities -- Northern California, 1980-1988, n.d. Carton 3, Folder Affirmative Action -- Goals and Quotas, 1972-1975, n.d. 2-3 Carton 3, Folder 4 Affirmative Action, 1978-1981 Carton 3, Folder 5 Affirmative Action -- Statement by Dershowitz to U.S. Senate, 1981 Carton 3, Folder Affirmative Action -- California/Clippings, 1974-1982, n.d. 6-7 Carton 3, Folder Aging -- Reports/Mandatory Retirement/Clippings, 1971-1977, n.d. 8-10 Carton 3, Folder Alaskan Cruise, 1983 11 Carton 3, Folder American Jewish Committee, 1964-1974, n.d. 12 Carton 3, Folder American Israeli Cultural Foundation, 1970 13 Carton 3, Folder American Veterans of Israel [photo], 1972-1977 14 Carton 3, Folder Anti-Arab Propaganda, 1968-1971, n.d. 15 Carton 3, Folder Anti-Defamation League (ADL), 1972 16 Carton 3, Folder Arab Economic Boycott, 1975-1977, n.d, 17-19 Carton 3, Folder Arab Information Center -- Violations of Human Rights in Israel, 1961 20 Carton 3, Folder Arab Propaganda, 1958-1967 21

BANC MSS 2010/702 7 Series 4Subject Files. 1957-1988

Carton 3, Folder Archbishops Committee on Social Justice -- Newsletter, 1965 22 Carton 3, Folder Asher, Rabbi Joseph, 1975 23 Carton 3, Folder Baer, Monroe -- Standard Oil Bias Case, 1972-1976 24 Carton 3, Folder Bikel, Theodore [photo], 1969-1973, n.d. 25 Carton 3, Folder "Black Jews" Talk, 1969, 1977 26 Carton 3, Folder Black/Jewish Relations, 1964-1979, n.d. 27-28 Carton 3, Folder Black Manifesto, 1969 29 Carton 3, Folder Black Panther Party, 1969-1979, n.d. 30 Carton 3, Folder Black Problems, 1962-1973 31 Carton 4, Folder 1 Board of Education -- San Francisco (Quotas), 1971-1973 Carton 4, Folder 2 Board of Rabbis -- Northern California, 1973 Carton 4, Folder 3 "Breira" -- Informational Material, 1976 Carton 4, Folder 4 Brichah Weekend Teach-in, 1970-1971 Carton 4, Folder 5 Brookings Institution Report, 1977 Carton 4, Folder 6 Brooks, Joel -- Interview with, 1969 Carton 4, Folder 7 Bureau of Jewish Education, 1964 Carton 4, Folder 8 Catholic Seder, 1972, 1975 Carton 4, Folder 9 Channel 36 -- Spartan Dodge, 1972 Carton 4, Folder Chapters -- Alameda County, 1962-1963, n.d. 10 Carton 4, Folder Chapters -- Contra Costa County, 1972 11 Carton 4, Folder Chapters -- East Bay, 1968-1974, n.d. 12 Carton 4, Folder Chapters -- Marin County, 1972-1974, n.d. 13 Carton 4, Folder Chapters -- Peninsula, 1972-1973 14 Carton 4, Folder Chapters -- San Francisco, 1974 15 Carton 4, Folder Chapters -- San Jose, 1974-1975, n.d. 16 Carton 4, Folder Chapters -- Santa Clara Valley, 1961-1962, 1973-1975, n.d. 17-18 Carton 4, Folder Chavez, Caesar, 1969 19 Carton 4, Folder Chevra, 1974 20 Carton 4, Folder Church and State (Schools), 1969-1970 21 Carton 4, Folder City Officials and Agencies, 1973 22 Carton 4, Folder Cohen, Julius -- AJC Los Angeles, 1968-1973 23 Carton 4, Folder College Youth, 1967-1970, n.d. 24 Carton 4, Folder Committee for Israel, n.d. 25

BANC MSS 2010/702 8 Series 4Subject Files. 1957-1988

Carton 4, Folder Committee on Israeli Affairs, 1972 26 Carton 4, Folder Commission on Law and Social Action (CLSA) -- Affirmative Action, 1974-1978, n.d. 27 Carton 4, Folder (CLSA) -- Censorship, 1962-1963 28 Carton 4, Folder (CLSA) -- Church-State, 1980, n.d. 29 Carton 4, Folder (CLSA) -- Constitutional Convention, 1981 30 Carton 4, Folder (CLSA) -- Dinner Programs, 1963, 1970, n.d. 31 Carton 4, Folder (CLSA) -- Letters, 1970-1972 32 Carton 4, Folder (CLSA) -- Programs [photos], 1970-1971 33 Carton 4, Folder (CLSA) -- Public Schools, 1970-1971, n.d. 34 Carton 4, Folder Community Organization United for Progress (COUP), 1968 35 Carton 4, Folder Conscientious Objectors, Draft, and Selective Service, 1968-1981, n.d. 36-37 Carton 4, Folder Concordia Club, 1977 38 Carton 4, Folder Council for Civic Unity, 1967 39 Carton 4, Folder Crime -- AJC Materials/Programs/Clippings and Background, 1968-1977, n.d. 40-41 Carton 4, Folder Davis, Angela, 1970-1971 42 Carton 4, Folder De Funis Case -- Washington State, 1974-1976 43 Carton 4, Folder Displaced Homemakers Act, 1975-1980 44 Carton 4, Folder East Bay Commission on Jewish Affairs, 1962-1968 45 Carton 4, Folder East Bay Foundation, 1970, n.d. 46 Carton 4, Folder Education -- School Integration, 1967-1968, n.d. 47 Carton 5, Folder 1 Education Committee, 1968-1969 Carton 5, Folder 2 Energy Policy, 1972 Carton 5, Folder 3 Ethnic Studies, 1973, n.d. Carton 5, Folder 4 Experience Reserve Bank (ERB) -- Proposal, 1969 Carton 5, Folder 5 (ERB) -- Articles of Incorporation, 1979 Carton 5, Folder 6 (ERB) -- Benefit, n.d. Carton 5, Folder 7 (ERB) -- Jack Brown, 1978 Carton 5, Folder 8 (ERB) -- Finances, 1972-1978 Carton 5, Folder 9 (ERB) -- Finances, 1979, n.d. Carton 5, Folder Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) -- Employment Agency Survey (SF and 10-11 LA), 1962-1966, n.d. Carton 5, Folder Falasha -- AJC Materials/Clippings, etc., 1976-1983, n.d. 12-13 Carton 5, Folder Farm Workers, 1965-1966 14 Carton 5, Folder Federal Programs (clippings), 1974 15

BANC MSS 2010/702 9 Series 4Subject Files. 1957-1988

Carton 5, Folder Film on Slave Trade, 1969 16 Carton 5, Folder Film Projects, 1979, n.d. 17 Carton 5, Folder Fine, Rabbi Alvin and Wise, Rabbi Steven Tribute at Temple Emanuel, 1963 18 Carton 5, Folder Flyers, 1972, n.d. 19 Carton 5, Folder Food Stamps Information ("Food Power"), n.d. 20 Carton 5, Folder Friday Night Discussion Series, 1970-1971, n.d. 21 Carton 5, Folder Gabow, Leo, 1973 22 Carton 5, Folder Generation Gap, 1969, n.d. 23 Carton 5, Folder German Consulate -- Picketing (S.F.), 1965 24 Carton 5, Folder Golden Gate University and Saudi Arabia, 1982-1983 25 Carton 5, Folder Handgun Control, 1968-1975 26 Carton 5, Folder Hastings School of Law (expansion conflict), 1977 27 Carton 5, Folder Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), 1979 28 Carton 5, Folder Hevra Group (Marin), 1973 29 Carton 5, Folder Hewlett Packard -- Arab Boycott, 1976-1977 30 Carton 5, Folder Hijacking, 1972-1976 31 Carton 5, Folder Hillel Academy (Jewish Guide to Bay Area), 1977 32 Carton 5, Folder Holocaust, n.d. 33 Carton 5, Folder Housing, 1974-1977 34 Carton 5, Folder Humphrey-Hawkins Bill (Jobs), 1977 35 Carton 5, Folder Institute of Historical Review ("Holocaust Debunkers"), 1981 36 Carton 5, Folder Insurance Programs, 1969 37 Carton 5, Folder International Cultural Exchange Foundation, 1974-1978, n.d. 38 Carton 5, Folder International Hotel, 1969, 1974 39 Carton 5, Folder International Singers [photo; record], 1979-1980 40 Carton 5, Folder Israel Aliyah Center, c. 1978 41 Carton 5, Folder Israel Backgrounder and Clippings, 1969-1970 42 Carton 5, Folder Israel Cultural and Social Events, 1969-1975, n.d. 43 Carton 5, Folder Israel Hotline, 1980-1981 44

BANC MSS 2010/702 10 Series 4Subject Files. 1957-1988

Carton 5, Folder Israel Information -- Brochures, 1968-1970 45 Carton 5, Folder Israel Information Guide Project -- "Where It's At", 1969-1971 46 Carton 5, Folder Israel Speakers Training Program, 1970-1974 47 Carton 5, Folder Israel, Study-In/War Clippings, 1970-1973, n.d. 48-49 Carton 5, Folder Israeli Investment Club, 1970-1971 50 Carton 5, Folder Israeli Policies, 1969-1970 51 Carton 5, Folder Israeli Student Hospitality Program (Passover), 1971-1972 52 Carton 5, Folder Jewish Affairs, 1967 53 Carton 5, Folder Jewish Defense League (JDL), 1970-1972 54 Carton 5, Folder Jewish Diseases/Jewish Education (adult), 1973-1975, n.d. 55-56 Carton 5, Folder Jewish Film Festival, 1972-1974, 1980 57-58 Carton 5, Folder Jewish Free University, n.d. 59 Carton 5, Folder Jewish Poor/Jewish Security, 1969-1974, n.d. 60-61 Carton 5, Folder Jewish Studies on Campus, 1968, 1972 62 Carton 5, Folder Jewish Vote, 1972 63 Carton 5, Folder Jewish Welfare Federation (Anti), 1973 64 Carton 5, Folder Jewish Yellow Pages, 1978 65 Carton 5, Folder Jews For Jesus -- Moishe Rosen, 1970-1979, n.d. 66 Carton 5, Folder Jews in Latin America, 1958-1971, n.d. 67 Carton 6, Folder 1 Jews in Other Lands (Arab), 1957-1978, n.d. Carton 6, Folder Jews in Politics/Jews in Prison, 1972, 1974 2-3 Carton 6, Folder 4 John Birch Society, 1968-1969 Carton 6, Folder 5 Judaism and Peace, 1968-1970, n.d. Carton 6, Folder 6 "Justice" Bulletin, 1968-1974 Carton 6, Folder Kalah, 1970-1979 7-11 Carton 6, Folder Keneseth Israel (Temple) -- Vandalism, 1971 12 Carton 6, Folder Key 73 Missionary Campaign, 1973 13 Carton 6, Folder Lackner, Yetta L., 1974 14 Carton 6, Folder Lawyer Programs, 1968, 1973-1975 15 Carton 6, Folder Lazarus, Leland, 1974 16 Carton 6, Folder Lebanon, 1961, 1981-1983, n.d. 17

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Carton 6, Folder Legal Assistance to the Elderly, 1975-1980, n.d. 18-20 Carton 6, Folder Legislators/Legislation, 1968-1971, n.d. 21 Carton 6, Folder Levin, Mike -- Media Project, n.d. 22 Carton 6, Folder Levine, Naomi -- National Director AJC [photo], 1974 23 Carton 6, Folder Margolin, Ephraim, 1973 24 Carton 6, Folder Membership Telethon, 1977-1981 25 Carton 6, Folder Merritt College -- Jewish/Ethnic Studies Conflict, 1976-1977 26 Carton 6, Folder Middle East Commission, 1977-1978 27 Carton 6, Folder Middle East Information, 1975-1977 28 Carton 6, Folder Museum on Wheels, 1978-1982 29 Carton 6, Folder Myers, Larry -- No. Ca. AJC President, 1972-1973 30 Carton 6, Folder NAACP -- Legal Defense Fund, 1969 31 Carton 6, Folder Nappan, Hal, 1973-1974 32 Carton 6, Folder National Council of Christians and Jews (NCCJ), 1979, n.d. 33 Carton 6, Folder National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Committee (NJCRAC), 1983 34 Carton 6, Folder Nazi Activity in San Francisco (Vincent Suit), 1977-1978 35 Carton 6, Folder Network (Jewish Students), 1979 36 Carton 6, Folder New Federalism, 1982 37 Carton 6, Folder New Left, 1966-1968, n.d. 38 Carton 6, Folder Newspaper Articles and Clippings, 1959-1971 39-40 Carton 7, Folder Newspaper Articles and Clippings, 1976-1983 1-2 Carton 7, Folder 3 Nuclear, 1982 Carton 7, Folder 4 "Nuclear" Speakers Bureau, 1982 Carton 7, Folder 5 Oil, 1972-1973 Carton 7, Folder 6 "Ombudsman", 1982 Carton 7, Folder 7 Ozick, Cynthia (speaker), 1974-1975 Carton 7, Folder 8 Palestine, 1974, 1977, n.d. Carton 7, Folder 9 Passover Seder -- Co-Sponsored with Hillel, 1973-1978 Carton 7, Folder Peoples Temple (Jim Jones), 1976-1977 10 Carton 7, Folder Performers -- Committee Tree, 1979 11 Carton 7, Folder Pfeffer, Leo, 1959-1962 12 Carton 7, Folder Pfeffer Meetings, 1963 13

BANC MSS 2010/702 12 Series 4Subject Files. 1957-1988

Carton 7, Folder Police Community Relations, 1963-1969 14 Carton 7, Folder Polier, Shad -- Meetings, 1961 15 Carton 7, Folder Poverty, 1965-1967 16 Carton 7, Folder Priorities, n.d. 17 Carton 7, Folder Prisons, 1971 18 Carton 7, Folder Projects, 1980 19 Carton 7, Folder Program Aids, 1965-1967 20 Carton 7, Folder Program Materials, 1967-1979 21-25 Carton 7, Folder Program Review, 1969-1970 26 Carton 7, Folder Programs, 1980 27 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Black Jews/Brooks, 2/23/1979 28 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Iranian Jews/Wernick, 3/1/1979 29 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Lazarus -- US/Yona, 3/30/1979 30 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Jews/Arab Lands, 4/5/1979 31 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Peace Treaty/Marsh, 4/9/1979 32 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Falasha/Rapaport, 4/15/1979 33 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Greene, Sheldon, 1/8/1980 34 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Arab and Jews -- Confrontation of Co-Existence, 2/3/1980 35 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Night Fog, 2/5/1980 36 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Ida Nudel, 2/27/1980 37 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Jews of San Francisco Politics, 3/7/1980 38 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Syrian Jewry, 3/11/1980 39 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Nazis and the First Amendment/L. A. Greenfeld, 3/16/1980 40 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Medical Ethics, 4/11/1980 41 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Jews of China, 4/23/1980 42 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Myth of the Jewish Mother/Jacqueline Mintz, 5/16/1980 43 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Jews of Iran/Segaghtfar, Weinstein, 5/17/1980 44 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Egypt, 5/27/1980 45 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Soviet, 6/8/1980 46

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Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Boxer, Barbara, 6/20/1980 47 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Prophets/Perspective, 6/22/1980 48 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Judah Magnes, 7/13/1980 49 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Zionism, 7/31/1980 50 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Haas, 8/17/1980 51 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Lawyers Luncheon, 9/27/1980 52 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Concert, 9/29/1980 53 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Public Affairs Forum (PAF), 10/5/1980 54 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Delancy Street, 10/6/1980 55 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Torah Study, 10/10/1980 56 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Yiddish, 10/19/1980 57 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- L'Chaim, 10/12/1980 58 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Angel Island, 11/2/1980 59 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Jewish Mysticism, 11/5/1980 60 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Dinner, 11/15/1980 61 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Blacks and Jews, 11/30/1980 62 Carton 7, Folder Programs -- Latin - Argentina, 12/5/1980 63 Carton 7, Folder Proposition 13, 1979, n.d. 64 Carton 7, Folder Reapportionment, 1982 65 Carton 7, Folder Regional Directors -- National Jewish Organizations, 1960-1965 66 Carton 7, Folder Religion in Schools, 1954-1969, n.d. 67 Carton 7, Folder San Francisco -- City Hall (Mayor, Supervisors), 1969-1970 68 Carton 7, Folder San Francisco -- Office of the Mayor, 1972-1974 69 Carton 7, Folder San Francisco Coalition for Public Education, 1983 70 Carton 7, Folder San Francisco Hevra, 1973-1974, n.d. 71 Carton 8, Folder 1 San Francisco Human Rights Commission, 1972 Carton 8, Folder 2 "San Francisco re: Israel", 1969 Carton 8, Folder 3 San Francisco Renaissance - Employment and Economic Development, 1982-1983 Carton 8, Folder 4 San Francisco State -- Teacher Education Project Undergraduate Program (STEP-UP), c. 1969 Carton 8, Folder 5 School Discrimination, 1964, 1970, n.d. Carton 8, Folder 6 Senate Bill 50 -- Full Employment, 1976 Carton 8, Folder 7 Senior Citizen Survey, 1974-1975

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Carton 8, Folder Singles Group -- Membership Lists/Forms/Programs, 1975-1976, n.d. 8-9 Carton 8, Folder Sock Art, 1976 10 Carton 8, Folder Soviet Jews, 1959-1979 11 Carton 8, Folder Soviet Jews -- Letter Writing Campaigns, 1975-1977, n.d. 12 Carton 8, Folder Soviet Jews -- Memo for Edwin Meese III, 1980-1981 13 Carton 8, Folder Soviet Jews -- Passover Event/Benefit Run, 1982-1983 14-15 Carton 8, Folder Speakers' Bureau, n.d. 16 Carton 8, Folder St. Vincent de Paul -- Rosalie House, 1983 17 Carton 8, Folder Standard Oil, 1973 18 Carton 8, Folder State and City Legislation, 1969-1972 19 Carton 8, Folder State Anti-Discrimination Laws, 1962-1964 20 Carton 8, Folder Sunday Closing Laws, 1961-1963, n.d. 21 Carton 8, Folder Tay Sachs, 1973 22 Carton 8, Folder Television and Violence, n.d. 23 Carton 8, Folder Television Script and Production -- S. F. Jews 1880-1940, c. 1977 24 Carton 8, Folder Terrorism, 1980-1981 25 Carton 8, Folder Travel Guide -- American Jewish Congress, 1969, 1974, 1985 26 Carton 8, Folder Tuition Fund Bill, 1976 27 Carton 8, Folder Tuition Tax Credit, 1982 28 Carton 8, Folder United Nations, 1981 29 Carton 8, Folder United Nations Conferences, 1981, n.d. 30 Carton 8, Folder UNESCO -- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 31 1993-1994 Carton 8, Folder Voting Rights Act, 1981 32 Carton 8, Folder Vouchers, 1971-1979 33 Carton 8, Folder Women's Division, 1965-1975, n.d. 34-35 Carton 8, Folder Women's Division Conferences, 1976-1976, n.d. 36 Carton 8, Folder Women's Rights, 1972-1975, n.d. 37 Carton 8, Folder Women's Rights - ERA, 1977-1978 38 Carton 8, Folder Young Adult Group - Events, 1968-1978, n.d. 39

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Carton 8, Folder Youth Radical, 1968-1970 40 Carton 8, Folder Miscellaneous, 1972, n.d. 41 Carton 8, Folder Miscellaneous Publications, 1948-1981, n.d. 42 Series 5 Correspondence. 1960-1983 Physical Description: Cartons 9-10 and Box 1 Scope and Content Note This series contains both incoming and outgoing correspondence. Correspondence includes letters and memos sent between the local and national offices, members, board members, officers, and others. Topics covered include internal structural matters, event planning, controversies, public relations, budget, staffing and more. Most of the correspondence relates to Joel Brooks' tenure as Director, but there are a few files with correspondence between Ephraim Margolin and the National office (1960-1962), and concerning a Seattle law case (1960-1962). There is no extant correspondence from 1963 to 1968 and only a scattered correspondence from 1969 to March of 1972. Between 1972 and 1978 correspondence was divided into National or New York Correspondence and Local Correspondence. There is a single correspondence run from 1979 and 1980, and starting in 1981 a separate file was kept labeled Memoranda. Subject matter crosses over these categories and both should be examined when trying to track specific subjects. Other correspondence can be found in various subject folders.

Carton 9, Folder Correspondence -- New York, Mar. 1960-Feb. 1962 1-3 Carton 9, Folder 4 Correspondence -- Seattle, Jul. 1960-Aug. 1962 Carton 9, Folder 5 Correspondence -- Scattered, 1969-1971 Carton 9, Folder Correspondence -- New York, 1972-1974 6-8 Carton 9, Folder 9 Correspondence -- Local, Oct.-Dec. 1974 Carton 9, Folder Correspondence -- New York, 1975 10 Carton 9, Folder Correspondence -- Local, Jan.-Jun. 1975 11 Carton 9, Folder Correspondence -- Local [photo], Jul.-Dec. 1975 12 Carton 9, Folder Correspondence -- New York, 1976 13 Carton 9, Folder Correspondence - Local, Mar., Sept.-Dec. 1976 14 Carton 9, Folder Correspondence -- New York, 1977 15 Carton 9, Folder Correspondence - Local, 1977 16-17 Carton 9, Folder Correspondence -- National, 1978 18 Carton 9, Folder Correspondence, 1978-1979 19-21 Carton 10, Folder Correspondence, 1979-1981 1-12 Carton 10, Folder Correspondence -- Memoranda, 1981 13 Carton 10, Folder Correspondence, 1982 14-21 Box 1, Folder 1-2 Correspondence, 1982 Box 1, Folder 3-6 Correspondence -- Memoranda, 1982 Box 1, Folder 7 Correspondence, 1983

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Box 1, Folder 8 Correspondence -- Board of Governors /Joel Brook, 1969-1972 Box 1, Folder 9 Correspondence -- Form Letters, 1969, 1972, n.d.

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