Landsmanschaft

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  • A landsmanshaft is a mutual aid society, benefit society, or hometown society of Jewish immigrants from the same European town or region.

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      Landsmanschaft

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        Landsmanschaft

        • UF Mutual aid society
        • UF Landsmanshaften
        • UF Landsmanshaftn
        • UF Benefit societies

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        Landsmanschaft

          27 Archival description results for Landsmanschaft

          27 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          Zwirek/Libstug Family Fonds
          CA JPL-A 1245 · Fonds · 1939

          Consists of one photograph of Queen Elizabeth and King George on their visit to Montreal in 1939 as well as a booklet of the "Constitution of the Russian Polish Hebrew Sick Benefit Ass'n of Montreal."

          Varia
          CA JPL-A 1196-[6] · File
          Part of Canadian Federation of Polish Jews Fonds

          File contains a telegram invoice issue by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in 1948, as well as a hand-written note in Yiddish, and a list of landsmanschaften in Montreal.

          CA JPL-A 1245-[1] · File · 1939
          Part of Zwirek/Libstug Family Fonds

          Consists of one photograph of Queen Elizabeth and King George on their visit to Montreal in 1939 and one booklet of the "Constitution of the Russian Polish Hebrew Sick Benefit Ass'n of Montreal."

          CA JPL-A 1030 · Fonds · 1917-1976

          Fonds consists of administrative and financial records of the North End Wilkomirer Hebrew Sick Benefit Association as well as records of its participation and interaction with various other Montreal Jewish community organizations.

          North End Wilkomirer Hebrew Sick Benefit Association
          CA JPL-A 1274-[1] · File · 1960-1961
          Part of Bikur Cholim Society Fonds

          Many pages of the book were subsequently used as a scrapbook and pages of minutes are covered by clippings of obituaries and interest pieces on the Kennedys, the British royal family and various politicians. Most of the clippings are in Yiddish, some are in English.
          The book includes photographs of officers and the board of directors of the Russian Polish Hebrew Sick Benefit Association and its Hospital (Bikur Cholim) Committee from 1957. A member of the Hospital Committee, Jacob Frankel, appears multiple times in newspaper clippings in the scrapbook.

          Bikur Cholim Society
          Minute Book
          CA JPL-A 1261-[1] · File · 1923-1938
          Part of Independent Hebrew Sick Benefit Association Collection

          Consists of one minute book of the Independent Hebrew Sick Benefit Association. Minutes illustrate discussions regarding poor relief during the Depression, cemetery plot maintenance, care for sick members and more.

          Independent Hebrew Sick Benefit Association