DI IDISHE LANDSMANSHAFTEN FUN NYU YORK. THE JEWISH LANDSMANSCHAFTEN OF NEW YORK די אידישע לאנדסמאנשאפטען אין ניו יארק
Nyu York [New York]: Aroysgegeben fun Y.L. Perets shrayber fareyn, 1938. Item #43069
First edition. Original printed leather binding, 4to, 397, [3] pages. Includes illustrations and facsimiles. 29 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “The Jewish Mutual Aid Societies of New York.”
Research project led by the Works Progress Administration which contains articles about the history and activities of Jewish mutual aid societies in New York. Contains reviews of landmanshaft publications as well as a directory of all landsmanshaftn in the New York.
“Landsmanshaftn are societies formed by Jewish immigrants from the same villages, towns, and cities in Central and Eastern Europe. The landsmanshaft became a dominant form of Jewish social organization in the late 1800s. The many types of landsmanshaftn include religious and socialist organizations, as well as American-style fraternal orders. Landsmanshaftn provided immigrants with formal and informal social networks, and members helped one another with financial needs such as medical care and burial plots. In 1938, a Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) project identified 2,468 landsmanshaftn in New York City. The number of landsmanshaftn began to decline in the 1950s, though some societies continue to exist today.” (Center for Jewish History)
SUBJECT(S): Jews -- New York (State) -- New York. Fraternal organizations -- New York (State) -- New York. Jews. OCLC: 1018012020.
Slight wear on spine. Good+ Condition. (YIZ-23-32S-CCLEX+).
Price: $100.00