1980s Farm Crisis
[chronological order]
"Anti-Semitism, Extremism, and the Farm Crisis," Rabbi A. James Rudin, AJC director of interreligious affairs. (
1985)
"Far-Right Racist and Anti-Semitic Organizations Active in the Middle West and Iowa, "Leonard Zeskind, Center for Democratic Renewal. (
1985)
AJC newsletter that includes an update on anti-Semitism in the farm belt. (
September 1985)
Rabbi A. James Rudin, AJC director of interreligious affairs, writes of his four day trip to Iowa in a memorandum to AJC Executive Director, David Gordis. (
Sep. 3, 1985)
"Anti-Semitism, Extremism and the Farm Crisis," background memorandum. Dr. Ellen Isler and Rabbi A. James Rudin, American Jewish Committee. (
Sep. 18, 1985)
Memorandum on an interreligious news conference regarding the farm crisis. (
Sep. 19, 1985)
Press release on interreligious news conference, held at AJC Kansas headquarters, which warned against those using the farm crisis to stir anti-Semitism and extremsism. (
Sep. 20, 1985)
"The American Farmers' Winter of Discontent," Rabbi James A. Rudin, AJC director of interreligious affairs. (
Dec. 12, 1985)
Minutes of AJC Interreligious Affairs Commission. See p. 2 for information on the farm crisis. (
Dec. 16, 1985)
Press release on AJC activity in combating farm-belt anti-Semitism and extremism. (
March 4, 1986)
"Rabbi Warns Extremists Preying on Farm Crisis," Rabbi A. James. Rudin, The Forum, North Dakota. (
April 18, 1986)
"Sowing Anti-Semitism: The Jewish Stake in the Farm Crisis," Frank D. Hornstein, Reform Judaism. (
1986)
Religious News Service Wire on "This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land," a two-day interreligious conference in New York City regarding the farm crisis. (
Nov. 11, 1986)
"The Rural Crisis: A Jewish Perspective," Rabbi A. James. Rudin, paper presented at the National Interreligious Conference on Rural Life. (
February 1987)
Press release on the National Interreligious Conference on Rural Life. (
Feb. 11, 1987)
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