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Creator:	United Service for New Americans	Requires cookie*
Title:	United Service for New Americans publications
Dates:	1949-1951
Call No:	1995.003
Abstract:	The United Service for New Americans (USNA) was established in 1946 in order to help persons displaced by the Holocaust settle in the United States. The USNA helped these Displaced Persons (DPs) in finding jobs, integrating into communities, learning English, and becoming naturalized American citizens. The collection consists of five items published by the USNA relating to the organization's activities and describing its services.
Size:	1 folder
Subjects:	Holocaust survivors \| Jews -- United States -- Charities \| Refugees, Jewish \| United States -- Emigration and immigration \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees

Creator:	Central Committee for the Relief of Jews Suffering Through the War	Requires cookie*
Title:	Records of the Central Relief Committee, Volume I
Dates:	1914-1948; Bulk Dates: 1914-1918
Call No:	1963.099
Abstract:	Orthodox Jewish overseas relief organization affiliated with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Established in October, 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 hundreds of yeshivot in Europe and Palestine through 1950, when its affiliation with the JDC ceased. The Federated Council of Israel Institutions succeeded the CRC.
Size:	57 linear feet
Subjects:	Europe, Eastern \| International relief -- Egypt \| International relief -- Europe \| International relief -- Palestine \| Jews -- United States -- Charities \| Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. \| Palestine \| Rabbinical seminaries -- Europe \| Rabbinical seminaries -- Palestine \| Rabbis -- Europe \| Rabbis -- Palestine \| Rabbis -- United States \| Refugees, Jewish \| Synagogues -- New York (N.Y.) \| Synagogues -- United States \| United States -- Emigration and Immigration \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Jews -- Rescue \| Yeshivas -- Europe \| Yeshivas -- Palestine

Creator:	Central Committee for the Relief of Jews Suffering Through the War	Requires cookie*
Title:	Records of the Central Relief Committee, Volume II
Dates:	1914-1958; Bulk Dates: 1919-1950
Call No:	1963.099
Abstract:	Orthodox Jewish overseas relief organization affiliated with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Established in October, 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 hundreds of yeshivot in Europe and Palestine through 1950, when its affiliation with the JDC ceased. The Federated Council of Israel Institutions succeeded the CRC.
Size:	107 linear feet
Subjects:	Europe, Eastern \| International relief -- Egypt \| International relief -- Europe \| International relief -- Palestine \| Jews -- United States -- Charities \| Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. \| Palestine \| Rabbinical seminaries -- Europe \| Rabbinical seminaries -- Palestine \| Rabbis \| Rabbis -- Europe -- Correspondence \| Rabbis -- Palestine -- Correspondence \| Rabbis -- United States \| Refugees, Jewish \| Shehitah -- Europe \| Shehitah -- United States \| United States -- Emigration and immigration \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue \| Yeshivas -- Europe \| Yeshivas -- Palestine

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