Who Are Sheryl Sandberg Parents Adele Sandberg And Joel Sandberg?

Publish date: 2024-05-08

Sheryl Sandberg was born on August 28, 1969, in Washington DC, to Adele Sandberg and Joel Sandberg.

Sheryl’s family was one that upheld the Jewish tradition.

Adele Sandberg

Adele was amongst the people who founded the South Florida Conference on Soviet Jewry (SFCSJ) in 1972.

She was the brain behind the Adopt-a-Family program, a program for Soviet Jews, that helped link families in the U.S. with refugee families in the USSR.

She also championed the international support for the hunger strike of Vladimir and Masha Slepak in Russia as far back as 1975.

Adele was also an author of historical books which served as resources for U.S politicians and activists across the globe.

Joel Sandberg

Joel was the second chairmperson of the SFCSJ and was head of the tourist briefing program, managing tourists from South Florida, politicians and community leaders.

For 3 decades, he served as a member of the board of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews.

Joel was also an ophthalmologist and a Voluntary Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.

Adele and Joel travelled round the world together, and even paid visits to Soviet Jews.

At some point, they were barred entry into Russia.

They were both known as frontline activists, who led protests and rallies, community education and community speaking, for individual refusenik families.

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