June Gordon to Adam Rayski about Received Materials and Future Aid, November 1947 (correspondence)
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- Title (English):
- June Gordon to Adam Rayski about Received Materials and Future Aid, November 1947 (correspondence)
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Conferences, Conventions, Meetings
Education
Postwar Reconstruction and Relief
Women's Work - Creator:
- Gordon, June, 1901-1967
- Creator:
- גאָרדאָן, דזשון
- Recipient:
- Rayski, Adam
- Organization:
- Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order of the I.W.O. (U.S.). Emma Lazarus Division
- Date:
- 1947-11-05
- Coordinates:
- 48.87479,2.35452
- Latitude:
- 48.87479
- Longitude:
- 2.35452
- Location:
- Paris, Ville de Paris, Département de, Île-de-France, France
Andrésy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
New York, New York, United States - ID Number:
- 5276b53f05_21
- File Name:
- 5276b53f05_21.pdf
- Address (recipient):
- Union des juifs pour la résistance et l'entraide,14 Rue de Paradis, Paris, France
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Work Type:
- manuscripts (document genre)
business letters
orphanages
feminism
historical figures
educating
fund raising
organization files
political ideologies and attitudes
resistance movements - Subject:
- Postwar Reconstruction and Relief Work- France, Children
Pedagogy- other Education
IWO JPFO- Reports, Meetings, and Conferences
Membership
Women- Emma Lazarus Division
Political
Jewish Left
IWO JPFO Organizational History
Partisans- Holocaust - Description:
- In Yiddish. Translated Summary. Begins, "It pleases us greatly to hear you have received our latest shipment of 14 boxes of clothing..." Also glad to have the photos and are putting them to good use. Hurrying this letter in the hope that they can send a greeting from the central committee in Paris and especially from the children in Andrésy on the occasion of the [Emma Lazarus Division] national conference, to be held November 15th and 16th. In addition to such a cable (or letter, if they're sure it will arrive in time), Gordon asks them to assure the Ordn's members of their intention to give the children in Andrésy a Yiddish education. Such a letter would be an aid in putting together their panel on "Yidishe kinder-- haynt un morgn", or "Jewish children, today and tomorrow."
- Notes:
- The Jewish education of these children appears of concern. Gordon, who is the Emma Lazarus Division President, is likely to have written the letter originally in English. Rayski is one of the founders in 1944 of CRIF (Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France) and of the earlier Comité général de défense juive.
The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. - Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- 21072724
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 53
- Folder:
- 5
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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