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Creator:	Vaad Hatzala	Requires cookie*
Title:	Vaad Hatzala Collection
Dates:	1940 - 1963; Bulk Dates: 1942 - 1949
Call No:	1969.099
Abstract:	Orthodox Jewish relief organization established in 1939 initially to provide funds for rabbis and religious students in war-torn Europe and to work for their emigration. Involved in negotiations with Germans to save Jews from concentration camps, and provided assistance to Jews who fled Europe to places such as Japan and Shanghai. Provided spiritual rehabilitation to concentration camp survivors following World War II, and arranged for visas for refugee rabbis and religious students to the United States.
Size:	26.75 linear feet plus two oversize document cases
Subjects:	Belgium \| Bergen-Belsen (Concentration Camp) \| Czechoslovakia \| Dominican Republic \| England \| France \| Germany \| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) \| International relief -- Europe \| Iran \| Italy \| Jewish children in the Holocaust \| Jews -- Belgium \| Jews -- Czechoslovakia \| Jews -- France \| Jews -- Germany \| Jews -- Lithuania \| Jews -- Migrations \| Jews -- Palestine \| Jews -- Poland \| Jews -- Romania \| Jews -- Soviet Union \| Jews -- Sweden \| Jews -- Switzerland \| Jews, United States, Charities \| Kobe-shi (Japan) \| Lithuania \| Morocco \| Netherlands \| Norway \| Palestine \| Poland \| Rabbinical Seminaries \| Rabbis \| Reconstruction (1939-1951) \| Refugees, Jewish \| Romania \| Shanghai (China) \| South America \| Soviet Union \| Spain \| Sweden \| Switzerland \| Turkey \| United States -- Emigration and immigration \| United States -- Politics and government, 1933-1953 \| Vaad Hatzala Bulletin \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue

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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