American Jewish Conference, records undated, 1943-1949

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American Jewish Conference, records undated, 1943-1949

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The collection contains background materials pertaining to the formation of the Conference and the election of delegates, financial records, memoranda, reports, and incomplete minutes of the Conference and its committees. It also includes extensive correspondence of the Administrative Secretary Jesse B. Calmenson, for March-December, 1943. The major portion of the collection consists of transcripts of the 1 -4 sessions (1943-1947) of the Plenum and committees of the Conference. The published material in the collection includes the Bulletin of the activities and Digest of the press. st th

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American Jewish Conference established in 1943 as the American Jewish Assembly; terminated its activities in 1949. From the guide to the American Jewish Conference, records, undated, 1943-1949, (American Jewish Historical Society) ...

Calmenson, Jesse B., 1892-1952

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Jesse B. Calmenson (1892-1952) Jesse B. Calmenson was born on December 1, 1892 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Cain and Annie (Cohen) Calmenson. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree at the St. Paul College of Law in 1915 and remained there to practice law until his death. He married Bertha Sloan in 1918 and they had one daughter, Betty Anne. Calmenson was a lawyer as well as a communal leader in St. Paul. An active member of the American Jewish Congress, Zionist...