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There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
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Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

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A Jewish Dissenter A Jewish Dissenter
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 191Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Rabbi Elmer Berger, former executive director of the American Council on Judaism discusses Zionism and how Judaism is being used as a political weapon in Palestine. Mentions economic and humanitarian conditions for Palestinians and challenges statements made by Henry Kissinger in defense of Zionism.
Jews Who Spoke Up: Menuhin #5 Jews Who Spoke Up: Menuhin #5
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 230Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Moshe Menuhin ReminscesCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Moshe Menuhin discusses a number of prominent figures in Jewish life who spoke out against what they considered to be contradictions to Judaic principles in the policies and practices of the Zionist movement.
Voice of Palestine - Colin Edwards Voice of Palestine - Colin Edwards
Date: 10/23/1973Call Number: CE 324Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KQEDProgram: Voice of PalestineCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About the 1973 OPEC oil embargo. Listeners call to ask Edwards about the history of the Zionist movement and the partition of Palestine. Edwards distinguishes between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism and how the largely secular Palestinian Liberation Organizations works with progressive Jews to support justice for Palestinians.
Moshe Menuhin Additions/Changes A. Moshe Menuhin Additions/Changes A.
Call Number: CE 446Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Moshe Menuhin reads text from revisions of his book "The Decadence of Judaism In Our Time." Also other comments to be subbed in the series of programs about Menuhin's life. Speaks of the "military gang that runs poor misguided Israel." Also refers to Rabbi Elmer Berger, a leading anti-Zionist, and to Alfred Lilienthal of San Francisco State College.
Debate on Zionism Debate on Zionism
Call Number: CE 477Format: Cass A & BProducers: Canadian Broadcasting System (CBC)Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
Program on Zionism framed as a debate between Rabbi Arthur Hirschberg, a supporter of Zionism, and Rabbi Elmer Berger, a leading anti-Zionist.
Rabbi Elmer Berger on KQED and Rabbi Ascher’s Answers on KQED Rabbi Elmer Berger on KQED and Rabbi Ascher’s Answers on KQED
Call Number: CE 633Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Recorded on Tuesday March 24th and Thursday March 26th Rabbi Elmer Berger takes an anti-Zionist position however clearly distinguishes between Jews and Zionists. He details the history of Jews and claims there was no previous widespread oppression in the Middle East and the persecution of Jews always was at the hands of Christians, not Muslims. He explains that Israel is simply representative of colonialism. Two days later, Rabbi Asher disputes Rabbi Elmer Berger’s points. He has an unfavorable view of Rabbi Berger and speaks about the necessity of the Jewish peoples’ survival in Israel. Sound becomes garbled towards the middle of the interview. The reel ends with a report on sewage in San Francisco.
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Publisher: American Educational TrustYear: 1985Volume Number: Vol. 4-3 June 17Format: PeriodicalCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Special Report on Israeli government and its effect on Arab-Isaraeli negotiations in the Middle East and other reports.