Save All Ethiopian Jews records, 1979-2005 (bulk 1983-1990).

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Save All Ethiopian Jews records, 1979-2005 (bulk 1983-1990).

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The Save All Ethiopian Jews (SAEJ) records document the organization's activities on behalf of Ethiopian Jews. The materials offer insight into SAEJ's administrative structure and organizational history as well as the development and maintenance of the group's programs to assist Ethiopian Jews. Included are by-laws, financial records, fundraising materials, membership rosters, notes of members, photographic prints and negatives of Ethiopian Jews, client files, and document preparation files. Also included is a substantial body of clippings, pamphlets, reports, and other materials on Ethiopian Jews in Ethiopia and Israel, and correspondence documenting SAEJ's collaboration with other organizations dedicated to assisting Ethiopian Jews. Major correspondents include Sidney Weiner, Eli Halpern, Zimna Berhani, Charles Kaplan, Margaret Weiner, HIAS, NACOEJ, AAEJ, CAEJ, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council.

3.96 cubic feet (5 boxes and 4 oversize folders)

University of Washington. Libraries

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University of Washington. Libraries

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Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle

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Halpern, Eliezer

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Berhani, Zimna.

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Weiner, Margaret 1923-

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Goldberg, Sol, 1923-

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Kaplan, Charles, 1919-....

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Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews

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Save All Ethiopian Jews.

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Save All Ethiopian Jews (SAEJ) was established in Mercer Island, Washington, in 1983 to assist in the immigration and resettlement of Jews from Ethiopia to Israel. The organization was the idea of Sidney Weiner, a former Boeing engineer, and his nephew-in-law Eli Halpern, an attorney in Olympia, Washington. Additional founding members included Margaret Weiner (Sidney Weiner's wife), Sol Goldberg, and Samantha Ripley. When SAEJ was founded, Jews in Ethiopia faced discrimination, poverty, and reli...

HIAS (Agency)

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American association for ethiopian jews

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North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry

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National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.)

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The National Community Relations Advisory Council (NCRAC) was founded on March 19, 1944 by the Council of Jewish Federations for the purpose of improving and safe-guarding Jewish communities in the United States from anti-Semitism at home and abroad, pursuing and nurturing the ideals of democratic pluralism found in the Bill of Rights, and fostering American support for Israel. In order to achieve their goals the organization committed itself to the ideals of equality, freedom, just...

Weiner, Sidney 1920-

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