Jewish National Fund

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1937
Active 1975
International,
Hebrew, Multiple languages, English,

Biographical notes:

The Pittsburgh Jewish National Fund was founded in 1924 with the mission of raising funds to purchase land in what was originally Palestine, to facilitate the settlement of Jews there, and to make the land more usable by draining swamps and forestation.

From the description of Jewish National Fund photographs 1959-1981. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48860205

From the description of Jewish National Fund records 1945-1987. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48860173

Herman Shapira proposed the JNF in 1901 as a national fund for the purchase of land in Palestine to be leased to Jewish settlers. Since then, the JDF has purchased land and built infrastructure in Israel.

From the description of Records 1976-1977. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 37572197

The Jewish National Fund (JNF, Ḳeren Ḳayemet le-Yiśraʼel) was founded at the 5th Zionist Congress in 1901 in order to purchase land in Palestine. Its mandate later expanded to projects to further the rebuilding and resettlement of Palestine and the afforestation and reclamation of land.

From the description of Poster collection, 1919-1955, bulk 1919-1932. (Yeshiva University). WorldCat record id: 155247679

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Subjects:

  • Broadsides
  • Charities
  • Printed ephemera
  • Fund raising
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Zionism
  • Zionism

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Places:

  • Wisconsin--Milwaukee (as recorded)
  • Palestine (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh (as recorded)
  • Israel (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh (as recorded)

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