United Brisker Relief. Records.

Title: United Brisker Relief

Inclusive Dates: 1916-1978

ID: RG 898

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Established in 1915 by a group of Brisker societies to aid the war-stricken community of Brisk (Brest-Litovsk in Byelorussian and Brzesc nad Bugiem in Polish), Byelorussia. Undertook large-scale relief and rehabilitation work between World War I and World War II. Located and sent relief to refugees and survivors of World War II. Supported the Palestine yishuv (settlement) and institutions in the State of Israel. Maintained branches in Newark, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles. Active until 1978.

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United Brisker Relief

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American Jewry
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES_
ECONOMIC LIFE_
Landsmanshaftn
SOCIAL WELFARE_

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Documents - Records

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Statistics and official reports, including data gathered in Brisk. Correspondence: from organizations, institutions in Brisk, 1919-1939; with members, committees, affiliated groups, 1920-1965; with national Jewish organizations, 1919-1973; regarding activities in Palestine/Israel, 1947-1973.

Meeting notices, 1916-1978. Scrapbook including photgraphs of relief activities in Brisk, depicting among other things, the old age home, people receiving funds from relatives in America, the school or local heder (religious elementary school), distribution of matzoh for Passover. Historical memoirs. Materials pertaining to publication of memorial book. Memorial book, 1954. Records of affiliated organizations: Brisker and Vicinity Aid Society of Los Angeles, Agudas Achim Aid Society.

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