Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities collection 1910-1927

Hebrew Educational Society of Brooklyn.

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Collecting area: Does not actively collect. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457072 In colonial New York, young people primarily received education through private schoolmasters and tutors, and free schooling was available to poor families through the Dutch Reformed and Catholic churches. Following the establishment of a state government, the Regents of the University of the State of New York granted charters for ...

Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum

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The widespread emergence of religious organizations devoted to philanthropy in New York City began with the revival of Protestantism in the early 19th century. The reemergence of Protestantism encouraged its followers to provide spiritual and material aid to those in need, and evangelicals responded by establishing a number of benevolent organizations, such as the American Tract Society and the American Bible Society, which were dedicated to the distribution of the scriptures, and t...

Brooklyn Training School for Nurses (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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The Brooklyn Hospital was incorporated as the Brooklyn City Hospital by the New York State Legislature in 1845, and was renamed the Brooklyn Hospital in 1883. The Hospital's first building was constructed on an area bounded by Canton Street, DeKalb Avenue, and Raymond Street and opened in 1852. As the Hospital grew throughout the ensuing decades, its original building expanded into a sprawling complex of medical facilities. In 1880, the Hospital established Brooklyn's first nurse tr...

Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn

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In colonial New York, only a small number of almshouse infirmaries existed to care for the sick, while the mentally ill were usually imprisoned or placed in poorhouses. It was not until the early to mid-19th century, when the New York City area's dependent and poor population increased dramatically, that hospitals and other health services organizations, such as homeopaths and maternity wards, readily began to emerge. In Brooklyn specifically, the earliest hospitals included the Kin...

Federation of Jewish Charities in Brooklyn

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The Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities was incorporated in October of 1909. Its purpose was to serve as a central organizing body for the collection and disbursement of funding for several Jewish charitable organizations located in Brooklyn. These included the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum, The Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, the Hebrew Educational Society, the United Jewish Aid Societies, the Training School for Nurses, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, the Hebrew Benevolent Association, th...

Hebrew Benevolent Society of the City of New York

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Jewish charitable organization founded in 1822. From the description of Hebrew Benevolent Society invitation, 1851 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 700516970 ...

Young Men's Hebrew Association (New York, N.Y.)

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Council of Jewish Women (U.S.)

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