American Christians and the National Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry

This book examines the role and influence of American Christians in fostering the emigration of Soviet Jews and ending the cultural and religious discrimination against them. It contributes to an understanding of the complexities and nuances of interreligious affairs between Christians and Jews and of human rights in the 1970s and 1980s.

Fred A. Lazin

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Vatican II: A Revolution in Catholic Jewish Relations and the Appearance of the "New Nuns" Chapter 3: Establishing the Task Force Chapter 4: The Early Years of the Task Force Chapter 5: The Brussels II Conference Chapter 6: The Helsinki Accords and Persecuted Christians in the Soviet Union Chapter 7: International Conferences and the Interreligious Legal Task Force on Human Rights Chapter 8: Continuity and Change in the mid-1980s-an Alliance with Evangelical Protestants Chapter 9: Closing the Task Force Chapter 10: Conclusion