The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) was founded on 10 Sept., 1893, as a response to a call by the Congress of Jewish Women requesting that Jewish women attend the World's Parliament of Religions meeting at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In Mar. 1894, Bertha Rayner Frank and Dr. Adolf Guttmacher of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, suggested that local sections be formed. Focused on women's issues, philanthropy and community service, Baltimore Section members are avid volunteers, devoting time to patients at Rosewood Hospital, Levindale, and Sinai Hospital, and creating Ship-A-Box packages to be sent to refugees overseas. The Section opened a thrift shop for consignment goods, ran a commissary for the elderly at Concord House, volunteered in classrooms at local schools and at the Towson State University Day Care, assisted the Jewish Deaf Society, and operated the Sol and Sadie Winer Toy and Book Lending Library at Johnson Square Elementary School. In addition to community service activities, the Baltimore Section gives Jewish women a forum to discuss issues of concern, such as politics, education, the homeless, gun control, and Israel. The Section hosts discussion groups, lectures, trips, and tours and is still active in Baltimore. A history of the organization, Deeds to Live By, was written in honor of the NCJW's seventy-fifth anniversary. This history includes a list of all Section Presidents and their activities (1894-1968).
From the description of Records, 1896-2003 and [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974260
