Jacob Birnbaum, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJacob Birnbaum
American activist
Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1926
Date of Death: 09-Apr-2014
Profession: human rights activist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Jacob Birnbaum
- Jacob (Yaakov) Birnbaum (10 December 1926 – 9 April 2014, aged 87) was the German-born founder of Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) and other human rights organizations.
- Because the SSSJ, at the time of its founding, in 1964, was the first initiative to address the plight of Soviet Jewry, he is regarded as the father of the Movement to Free Soviet Jewry.
- His father was Solomon Birnbaum and grandfather Nathan Birnbaum.
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