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RG 14: Krotoszyn Jewish Community Council. Records.

Records on taxation and communal administration, birth and marriage records, materials about the community's religious school, and other documents

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COLLECTION Krotoszyn Jewish Community Council (014)

RG 15: Briesen Jewish Community Council. Records.

Records related to the hiring of a rabbi, cantor, ritual slaughterer, teacher; the building of the mikve (ritual bath), the sale of the synagogue in Briesen, and other documents

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COLLECTION Briesen Jewish Community Council (015)

RG 25: Vaad Hayeshivot, Vilna (Vilna). Records.

Records of an organization that provided financial and spiritual assistance to a network of 70 yeshivot in the five Eastern provinces of Poland

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COLLECTION Vaad Hayeshivot (025)

RG 28P: Poland (Vilna Archives) Collection. Posters.

Posters advertising political organizations, elections, banks, trade unions, cultural activities, religious matters, and sports, from over 200 Jewish communities

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Berlin. "Blood, Frogs, Lice; the Third Plague Is the Worst; beware of lice!" 1923. (RG 28/P/171)
Berlin. "Wage War on Trachoma," 1923. (RG 28/P/168)
Berlin. Appeal for support for "OZE." 1926. (RG 28/P/163)
Berlin. Appeal for support for the ORT vocational training organization. (RG 28/P/373)
Berlin. Spitting On the Floor Is Loathesome and Shameful - Don't Do It!", 1923. (RG 28/P/172)
Chelm. "TOZ-Week", June 10-17. (RG 28/P/898)
Chelm. Announcement of a large fair featuring a raffle drawing, etc. (RG 28/P/897)
Grodno. A children's costume ball, with prizes for the best costumes, singing, dancing, and declamation. (RG 28/P/156)
Grodno. Announcement of a TOZ benefit ball. (RG 28/P/151)
Grodno. Appeal for help for victims of the earthquake in Palestine, 8/3/1927. (RG 28/P/887)
Grodno. List of donors according to synagogue and study house, to the Passover fundraising drive, 1929. (RG 28/P/886)
Kalisz. Notice: Ceremony for lighting of the first Hanukah candle. (RG 28/P/824)
Kalisz. TOZ paper banner. (RG 28/P/180)
Kowno. Appeal for support for Keren Tel Chai, the Revisionist charity for Eretz Yisrael. (RG 28/P/681)
Kutno. Appeal for public support for the Kutno Division of TOZ. (RG 28/P/181)
Lublin. High-Holiday fundraising appeal to rebuild the yeshiva, signed by Rabbi Majer Szapira. (RG 28/P/1017)
Lwow. Appeal for funds for "Ezra" in Poland. (RG 28/P/331)
Lwow. Obituary announcement for Ignacy Jaeger, printer, president of the Jewish Community Council, etc. (RG 28/P/280)
Lwow. Obituary, and funeral announcement for philanthropist Jakob Herman. (RG 28/P/279)
Przemysl. Notice of daily low-cost lunches available at the kehile for individuals and families, 1926. (RG 28/P/829)
Przemysl. Notice that Passover supplies should be given by donors directly to the needy, due to the lack of kehile funds. (RG 28/P/802)
Vilna. "Support Keren Ha'aliyah," fundraising appeal, [1919]. (RG 28/P/638)
Vilna. "Support the University in Jerusalem." (RG 28/P/494)
Vilna. A charity concert for emigrants to Palestine. (RG 28/P/1010)
Vilna. A day of fund-raising for Keren Hakhalutz, and an appeal for public support. (RG 28/P/583)
Vilna. A day of street fundraising for the Central Education Committee's endeavors. (RG 28/P/1114)
Vilna. A fundraising event for OZE. (RG 28/P/561)
Vilna. A public debate on the Fund for the Sick, with Dr. Cemach Szabad. (RG 28/P/524)
Vilna. A welcoming ceremony for the president of the Jewish National Fund, M. M. Ussishkin. (RG 28/P/633)
Vilna. An appeal in support of the Jewish committee to help the unemployed. (RG 28/P/1257)
Vilna. Announcement of a 20th anniversary jubilee exhibition and bazaar. (RG 28/P/995)
Vilna. Announcement of a fundraising day for Keren Hakhalutz under the slogan, "Our Liberator is the Khalutz." (RG 28/P/589)
Vilna. Announcement of fundraising for the cultural and educational institutions, [1920]. (RG 28/P/632)
Vilna. Announcement: day of fundraising for Keren Hechalutz, 5/5/[1920]. (RG 28/P/1113)
Vilna. Bazaar to benefit the school, 1/12/1918. (RG 28/P/879)
Vilna. Buy the Committee's labels, in support of their agenda. (RG 28/P/1007)
Vilna. Collections to benefit cultural and educational institutions. (RG 28/P/629)
Vilna. List of contributors [synagogues and individuals, by location] to the Keren Kayemet in the Vilna region, 1924. (RG 28/p/702)
Vilna. Mass meeting: "The Tasks of the Jewish People in the Present Moment and Their Responsibilities to the khalutz." (RG 28/P/581)
Vilna. Observance of the second yortsayt of Zionist leader Dr. Yekhiel Czlenow. (RG 28/P/616)
Vilna. Opening ceremony of new building at TOZ Children's Colony (summer camp). (RG 28/P/999)
Vilna.The election of delegates to the Board of the Vilna Sick Fund, and an explanation of regulations. (RG 28/P/1275)
Warsaw. Support the construction of the "Pilsudski Home for Polish Immigrants in Palestine." (RG 28/P/914)
Warsaw. Appeal for contributions to support religious Jews in Eretz Israel [Palestine]. (RG 28/P/677)
Warsaw. Appeal for support among Polish Jews for building a religious Eretz Yisrael. (RG 28/P/877)
Warsaw. Appeal to organize a library for the Jewish Autonomous Region. (RG 28/P/1100)
Warsaw. Appeal/exhortation to contribute and collect money to buy land in Palestine, 5/1924. (RG 28/P/703)
Wlodzimierz. A ball in Town Magistrate Hall, to benefit a dental clinic. (RG 28/P/161)

RG 58: Lunski, Khaykel. Papers.

Papers of the librarian of the Strashun Library, including copies of rare manuscripts, research materials for scholarship, and correspondence

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FINDING AID Khaykl Lunski (RG 58 FA)
Vilna. Letter from "Agudat Marbitsei Torah" to Khaykel Lunski, asking him to be in charge of donated funds. Undated. (RG 58.2414.2)

RG 120: Territorial Photographic Collection. Poland.

Thousands of photographs of Jewish life in Poland before WWII

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Brody, 1881. Portrait of The Committee in Charge of Relief and Migration Activities. (yarg120po300d001)
Korelicze, ca. 1921. A house reconstructed, with the aid of funds from the AJDC. (RG 120 PO 1560)
Lodz, 1914-15. Emblems of various relief organizations, active during World War I. (yarg120po1753.07)
Lubcza, after WWI. Children with a horse-drawn sleigh, outside Borukh Mordkhe Jankelewicz's house, under reconstruction, with the aid of a loan from the AJDC (yarg120po1970)
Lubcza, after WWI. Tuvye Szimszelewicz's house, under reconstruction, with the aid of a loan from the AJDC. (yarg120po1976)
Lublin, 1919. In an office of the AJDC, a committee meeting of women who will be in charge of a children's summer camp. (yarg120po2048)
Lwów, 1918. After the pogrom, children who have received food from a soup kitchen, pose on a sidewalk, with pitchers and soup pails. (yarg120po2169.29)
Lwów, 1918. Taking refuge in a cellar: these four children whose parents were murdered in the pogrom in Lwów, were taken in by refugees. (yarg120po2169.08)
Miedzeszyn, 1938-39. Refugee children from Germany, at the Medem Sanatorium, posing with their two counselors. (yarg120po2442)
Miedzeszyn, the 1930s. The Medem Sanatorium. (yarg120po2310)
Miedzeszyn,1938-39. Refugee children from Germany, sitting at desks during a Yiddish lesson, in a classroom at the Medem Sanatorium. (yarg120po2439)
Nieswicz, August 1, 1926. Children pose in a playground, sponsored by TOZ. (yarg120po2631)
Orla, 1930s. Officials of the Gemilat Chesed Free Loan Society, leaving a meeting at the People's Bank. (yarg120po2745.28)
Pinsk, 1921. Girls wearing striped aprons, pose with sewing machines, in a seamstress class at the ORT Trade School for Girls. (yarg120po2955)
Pinsk, 1936. Two men at work, in the main office of the CENTOS orphan organization. (yarg120po3049.01)
Pinsk, 1937. Portrait of the management and staff, of the Gemilat Chesed Society. (yarg120po3037)
Pinsk, ca. WWI. Dr. Simon Wedkos, director of the AJDC in Pinsk. (yarg120po2940)
Pinsk. At an orphanage run by CENTOS, a nurse with three children. (yarg120po3057)
Równe, 1920s. In an orphanage, children and their teacher, play an indoor circle game. (yarg120po3332.01)
Stolin, 1929. Rabbi Osher Fialkow and his shames, walking through the marketplace, on their way to collect ma'ot chittim. (yarg120po3643)
Tomaszów, 1920s-1930s. Members of the Beth Lechem Association, a charitable organization, distributing bread and challah to poor children. (yarg120po3970)
Unknown location, 1920s-1930s. Laughing children, who were selected to attend a TOZ day camp. (yarg120po6754)
Unknown location, 1930. Informational chart, about the distribution of OSE hygienical educational material, 1923-1927. (yarg120poalbum8_7648.23)
Unknown location, ca. WWI. A kheyder class in session. (yarg120po6725)
Vilna, 1918-1919. A group of young teachers from the Kinder Farzorgnt (Child Care) Orphanage and School at 39 Ostrabrama Street, posing near a tree. (yarg120po5248)
Vilna, 1930s. Men at prayer, at the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street. (yarg120poalbum45_5235)
Vilna, 1938. Students and teachers in a kitchen, during a housekeeping class, sponsored by the Women's Aid Organization. (yarg120po5527)
Vilna, 1938. Women searching for missing husbands, children, and other relatives, at the office of the Women's Aid Organization. (yarg120po5529)
Vilna, 1939. Men giving their shoes in for repair. (yarg120po7136)
Vilna, before 1907. Portrait of Dvora Esther Gelfer (1817-1907), philanthropist, and founder of a gemilat chesed. (yarg120po5180)
Vilna, ca. 1918. A portrait of a gymnastics class, at the Orphanage at 39 Ostrabrama Street. (yarg120po5247)
Warszawa, 1920. People receiving packages, at the remittance office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. (yarg120po4449)
Warszawa, 1920s. The children and staff of the orphanage at 21 Elektoralna Street, pose at mealtime. (yarg120po4446.16)
Warszawa, 1920s. The children and staff of the orphanage at 21 Elektoralna Street, pose with mugs in a classroom. (yarg120po4446.18)
Warszawa, ca. 1919. Children from the I. L. Peretz Orphanage, pose with a framed portrait of Peretz. (yarg120po4446.01c002)
Warszawa, ca. 1919. Jacob Dinesohn, the writer, visits with the children and staff of the I. L. Peretz Orphanage and Elementary School. (yarg120po4446.01c001)
Warszawa, July, 1923. Shabad and Lewin, at the first TOZ reorganization conference. (yarg120poalbum1_7292)
Wolomin, 1921-22. Removing freshly baked loaves of bread from an oven, at the bakery of the Central Relief Committee for Jewish Refugees from the Ukraine and Russia. (yarg120po6123)

RG 356: Shatzky, Jacob (1893-1956). Papers.

Papers of the historian, writer, lecturer, lexicographer, bibliographer, and editor, including correspondence, materials and notes for articles, and bibliographies

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COLLECTION Jacob Shatzky (356)