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  • TitlePictures of Soviet refuseniks at Shorefront YM-YWHA Jewish Community Center
  • Call NumberCOHEN_0160
  • Cite AsGeorge Cohen photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWoman with small boy and girl in corrider of Jewish community center in Brighton Beach; woman looking at photos of Soviet Jewish refuseniks -- Evgeny Lein, Vladimir Kislik, Alexander Lerner, and others -- posted on wall; other posters on wall read, "NO HEBREW ALLOWED" and "LINK US-USSR TRADE WITH EMIGRATION"; boy reaching out to touch poster of Vladimir Kislik; fire extinguisher at end of wall at right.
  • Date1987
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPEG, black & white
  • Genredigital images
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by photographer: January 18, 1987.
  • CreatorCohen, George (Photographer)
  • SubjectJewish community centers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Posters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Refuseniks ; Jewish families -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerCohen, George