AMIT, records undated, 1933-2005

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AMIT, records undated, 1933-2005

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The AMIT records contain correspondence, periodicals, program, project, and subject files, films, reports, convention and chapter material and photographs that document the organizational activities, educational and humanitarian achievements in Israel, and fundraising efforts of this American Jewish Zionist volunteer organization from 1933-2005. The AMIT Records were donated to the American Jewish Historical Society in 2010. The donation, while incomplete, represents the most complete set of documents, to date, related to the projects and achievements of AMIT and its history as the American Mizrachi Women's Organization.

74 linear feet (69 Bankers boxes (11" x 13" x 16"), 6 oversized boxes, 1 oversized folder)

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American Mizrachi Women

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Mizrachi Women's Organization of America

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AMIT (Organization)

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Gotsfeld, Bessie, 1888-1962

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AMIT Women

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AMIT Women (Mizrachi Women's Organization of America, Hebrew acronym for Association of Volunteers for Israel and Torah) was founded at the Mizrachi Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1925 as Mizrachi Women of America (MWoA). The group was renamed American Mizrachi Women (AMW) in the 1950s and again renamed AMIT Women in 1983. AMIT Women is an organization of orthodox Jewish Zionist women, providing support for poor children in Israel. Throughout the history of the organization AMIT built up a ne...

Mizrachi Organization of America

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Mizrachi Women's Organization of America. Avivah Chapter (Seattle, Wash.)

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AMIT (abbreviation אמי״ת of the Hebrew name ארגון מתנדבות למען ישראל ותורתה, Association of Volunteers for Israel and Torah) is a non-profit membership organization devoted to the support and maintenance of a network of on-going projects in Israel in the field of youth education and child care. Based in New York City, AMIT is an American organization with members and chapters throughout the United States, and also includes some international members in a few chapters outside the Uni...