Union Of Councils For Soviet Jews
Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union (abbreviated UCSJ) is an umbrella organization of Jewish human rights groups working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The UCSJ is based in Washington, D.C. and is linked to other organizations such as the Moscow Helsinki Group and it has offices in the countries where they operate.
The UCSJ was formed in 1970 as part of the Movement to Free Soviet Jewry, a response to the oppression of Jews in the Soviet Union and other countries of the Soviet bloc. Today, most of its offices are based within the United States where it has eight member councils. Additionally there are seven offices in various locations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including Moscow, Almaty, Bishkek, Lviv, Riga, Tbilisi and Minsk (although the latter was closed in 2005).
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