Category: Timeline
Floods in Romania
March 12-June 15, 1970 Flood completely or partially flooded 1500 towns and villages, 300,000 families..Read More
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Founder and President of ACF, and Primate Torkoom Manoogian lead interfaith delegation at State Department in Washington, DC.
1970s – Washington, DC
Meeting with Mr. Perter Makartsev, top official of Council of Religious Affairs of the Council of Ministers of the USSR – proposed plan to have Russian Rabbinical students trained for the rabbinate abroad.
After the formal training at the Budapest Rabbinical Seminary, all students chosen would have to..Read More
32 Protests across America and 18 in other countries held for the “plight of Soviet Jewry”
Rabbi Arthur Scheier spoke at the protest in Milwaukee in addition to Senator Nelson and..Read More
Tribunal Public Hearing held at the Carnegie International Center in NY on Plight of Soviet Jews, condition of Jewish Cultural and religious life in Soviet Union
Panel presided by Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin, Dr. John C. Bennett , President, Union..Read More
1st ACF Interfaith Group to Leningrad and Moscow. Jewish community at Moscow Choral Synagogue
10,000 prayer books and religious calendars for the Jewish Community requested and paid for by..Read More
Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Senator Robert Kennedy preside over demonstration on behalf of Soviet Jewry at Park East Synagogue – across street from Soviet Mission in New York City.
Bronze Plaque dedicated and affixed to facade facing the Soviet Mission reading: “Hear the Cry..Read More
NY Times Article: Founding Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Founded by Rabbi Arthur Schneier in 1965, the Appeal of Conscience Foundation is an interfaith partnership of corporate and..Read More