Countries collection: U.S.S.R. files, 1914-1976, 1914-1950 (bulk)

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Countries collection: U.S.S.R. files, 1914-1976, 1914-1950 (bulk)

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Correspondence, reports, memoranda, releases, and other material concerning conditions of Jews in Soviet Union, and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee activities there. Subjects include relations with the Soviet government; anti-Semitism and pogroms, 1919-1921; prisoners of war, 1919-1921; cultural and religious aid, including provision of matzoth and Passover supplies, 1922-1932; medical aid, 1921-1931; reconstructive aid, including to agriculture, free loan societies, and trade schools. Contains records relating to American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation (Agro-Joint), including reports, 1925-1943, publicity, 1925-1938, and financial reports, 1924-1950; material concerning Birobidjan; and American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements, 1927-1950. Other organizations represented include Jewish Colonization Association, EKOPO (Central Committee for the Relief of Jews Suffering through the War, YEKOPO), ORT, and American Relief Administration. Correspondents include Joseph Rosen and Julius Rosenwald.

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Jewish colonization association

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Central Committee for the Relief of Jews Suffering Through the War

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Orthodox Jewish overseas relief organization affiliated with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Established at a meeting convened by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations and the Union of Orthodox Rabbis in Oct. 1914 to help Jews suffering as a result of the outbreak of World War I. After the war, the Central Relief Committee shifted its attention from providing economic relief to Orthodox Jewry overseas to preserving its religious and cultural identity. CRC supported hundred...

Rosen, Joseph, A., 1877-1949

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World ORT Union

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American Relief Administration.

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American relief agency operating in the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1923. From the description of American Relief Administration Russian operational records, 1919-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385039 American relief agency operating in Europe from 1919 to 1923. From the description of American Relief Administration European operational records, 1919-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385037 ...

American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements in Russia.

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American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation

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Established in July 1924 by the Russian government and the Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers to promote self-sustaining Jewish agricultural communities in Russia. From the description of American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation report, 1936-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009641 ...

American Jewish joint distribution committee

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The American Joint Distribution Committee was founded on November 27, 1914 when the American Jewish Relief Committee (AJRC) and the Central Committee for the Relief of Jews (CCRJ) joined forces under the name of the Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers. Although JDC reflected the diversity of the American Jewish Community, the Reform-oriented American Jewish Committee faction dominated its early leadership. Conceived as a temporary agency to relie...

Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932

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Businessman and philanthropist. Born, Springfield, IL, 1862. President, Rosenwald and Weil, 1885-1906. Vice-president and treasurer, Sears, Roebuck and Company, 1910-1925; president and chairman of the board, 1925-1932. Founder, Julius Rosenwald Fund, 1917. Founder, Museum of Science and Industry, 1929. Trustee, University of Chicago, Tuskegee Institute, Rockefeller Foundation, Hull House, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Baron de Hirsch Fund. From the description of Papers, 1905-19...