Summary of Pre-Convention Problems
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- Title (English):
- Summary of Pre-Convention Problems
- Title (Yiddish Romanized):
- Konspekt iber far-konvenshon problemen
- Title (Yiddish):
- קאָנספּעקט איבער פאר־קאָנווענשאָן פּראָבלעמען
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Black Jewish Relations
Cold War
Conferences, Conventions, Meetings
Culture Front
Poland
Postwar Reconstruction and Relief
Women's Work
IWO and JPFO Affiliated Publications and Publishing - Creator:
- Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order of the I.W.O. (U.S.), Executive Committee
- Recipient:
- JPFO Branches, and City and District Committees
- Organization:
- Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order of the I.W.O. (U.S.)
- Date:
- 1947-03
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b67f01_16
- File Name:
- 5276b67f01_16.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Transcription:
- Pre Convention Problem Report. [on page 7] June 1947, concerning Palestine
- Work Type:
- memorandums
proceedings
plans (reports)
organization files
historical figures
political campaigns
political ideologies and attitudes
communism
refugees
immigration
emigration
financial aid
resettlement
political ideologies and attitudes
educating - Subject:
- IWO JPFO- Reports, Meetings, and Conferences
Black Jewish Relations- Civil Rights
Political
Postwar Reconstruction and Relief Work- Children, Poland, Belgium, France, Soviet Union
Education- Shule, Ordn Schools
Youth
Culture Front- Publishing
IWO- Journals
Publications
Intelligentsia
Jewish Left
Emma Lazarus Division
Membership- Benefits, Insurance, Political Issues
Communism
Israel, Palestine, Zionism
Jewish Lodges
Americanization
Postwar Jewish Unity
Postwar Jewish Culture- U.S., Abroad
Postwar Order and Social Contract
Soviet Union- Birobidzhan
Cold War- Red Scare
The Jewish Question
IWO JPFO Organizational History - Description:
- In Yiddish. 12 pages. Translated Summary: Though titled “problems”, the conspectus document outlines a very broad range of issues to be discussed during the upcoming 7th IWO Convention (2nd JPFO) on June 12–19, 1947. Topics. American internal and international politics at the outset of the Cold War. The role of national groups in America. Discrimination and civil rights. The current state of the JPFO including financial resources, membership. Jewish issues, including: anti-Semitism, the need for unity across the Jewish community, the DP camps, and Palestine. The Ordn’s perspective and current focus for activities, including: postwar relief and rehabilitation, the schools movement, the Emma Lazarus Division, and the youth branches.
- Notes:
- 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.
- 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:
- 67
- Folder:
- 1
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. 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. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu