Report of Mr. S. Hoofien to the Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers, New York (Classic Reprint): Concerning ... 1st, 1917, to May 31, 1918 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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This book chronicles the relief efforts spearheaded by the Joint Distribution Committee in Palestine from 1914 - 1918. The Committee secured funding from American Jewry to assist their beleaguered brethren facing extreme hardship during the First World War. Despite facing great peril including arrest and deportation, the author, a resident manager of an Anglo -Palestine Bank in Jerusalem, managed to disburse funds for general relief, food supplies, and the establishment of vital services such as soup kitchens and a medical bureau. Reports on the distribution of Passover matzo, and the author's journey to Cairo to procure vital food supplies show the extraordinary lengths to which the Committee went to alleviate the suffering. The Committee's efforts helped sustain the beleaguered Jewish community in Palestine through the horrors of the First World War and provided support as the community rebuilt during the post-war era.

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