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Jewish Relief Society (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Industrial Removal Office Colorado Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: B171
Abstract The Industrial Removal Office (IRO) was created in New York to Americanize Eastern European Jews, find jobs for the immigrants, and relocate them throughout the United States. The Jewish Relief Society and the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith (B'nai B'rith) in Denver worked to resettle the immigrants in Colorado. Lesser Levy and Milton Schayer headed the industrial removal committee of the B'nai B'rith. The collection contains copies of correspondence from the Industrial Removal Office...
Dates: 1903-1916

Jewish Relief Society, 1903-1911

 File
Identifier: B171.01.0001.0001
Abstract

Contains correspondence between the Industrial Removal Office, the Colorado Committee, and Jewish charities, primarily the Jewish Relief Society of Denver.

Dates: 1903-1911

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Charity organization 1
Denver (Colo.) -- Social conditions 1
Immigrants 1
Jewish families -- Colorado 1
Jewish refugees 1