AuCoin campaign ad describing his record of supporting Israel, the Jewish people, and Soviet Refuseniks

Title

AuCoin campaign ad describing his record of supporting Israel, the Jewish people, and Soviet Refuseniks

Description

A 1984 re-elect Les AuCoin campaign ad published in the Portland Jewish Review describing Congressman AuCoin's legislative record of supporting Israel, the Jewish people, and refuseniks. Refuseniks were Soviet Jews who faced discriminiation and were denied permission to emigrate away from the Soviet Union by authorities.

This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Identifier

PUA_MS147_562

Creator

AuCoin for Re-election Committee

Date

1984

Date Created

October 1984

Is Part Of

Portland Jewish Review

Spatial Coverage

United States

Israel

Soviet Union

Subject

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Refuseniks.

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Type

Text