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Creator:  Bunim, Irving M., 1901-1980Requires cookie*
 Title:  Irving Bunim oral history collection  
 Dates:  1976-1978 
 Call No:  1985.014 
 Abstract:  Irving Bunim was a businessman, Jewish lay leader, and major figure in the Vaad Hatzala to help Jewish refugees. The Vaad Hatzala, an Orthodox Jewish relief organization established in 1939, provided funds for rabbis and religious students in war-torn Europe and worked for their emigration. The collection contains a photocopy of a transcript of an interview with Irving Bunim by Rabbi Moshe Kolodny of the Agudath Israel of America Orthodox Jewish Archives concerning the work of the Vaad Hatzala during World War II. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Refugees, Jewish | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 
Creator:  Tenzer, HerbertRequires cookie*
 Title:  Herbert Tenzer oral history collection  
 Dates:  Bulk Dates:1940-1947; Bulk Dates: 1940-1947; 1940's, 1985 
 Call No:  1986.004 
 Abstract:  Herbert Tenzer was a founder and administrator of Rescue Children, Inc., organized in June 1946 to assist young Jewish refugees in the aftermath of the Holocaust. The collection includes taped interviews concerning Tenzer's involvement with Vaad Hatzala and Rescue Children, Inc. and photographs of Tenzer with Mayor William O'Dwyer and children at the Rescue Children center. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Refugees, Jewish | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 
Creator:  National Council of Jewish Women. Department of Service for the Foreign BornRequires cookie*
 Title:  National Council of Jewish Women, Department of Service for the Foreign Born Records  
 Dates:  1920-1968 
 Call No:  1976.001 
 Abstract:  The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) was founded in 1893. It undertook a wide range of religious, philanthropic, and educational activities in response to the wave of Jewish immigrants to American shores. One department, the Service for the Foreign Born, was founded in 1903 to help new immigrants adapt to life in the United States. The collection consists of this department of the NCJW's New York and Brooklyn Sections' case files dealing with the agency's efforts to help refugees adjust to the United States, its work to locate immigrants' missing relatives and friends, and administrative records of the Service for the Foreign Born. 
 Size:  430 linear feet (388 record storage boxes) 
 Subjects:  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Jewish women -- Societies and clubs | Jews -- Charities | Refugees, Jewish | United States -- Emigration and immigration 
Creator:  Vaad HatzalaRequires 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