Radio Broadcast to the Jews of Soviet Russia

Description:

The Jewish Council for Russian War Relief, Inc. is part of Russian War Relief, Inc.. Bound as a booklet with a form printed on the back cover to be torn off and included with donations to the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief. Translated Summary: Pamphlet has transcript of a New York City broadcast by NBC short-wave back to Soviet Jews as an American Jewish response to the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee's (JAFC, JAC or EKA) April 7, 1942 appeal to “Jews throughout the world.” That appeal was followed by a JAFC May 24 meeting and radio appeal to Jews worldwide to support buying tanks. Booklet contains speeches from prominent American Jewish leaders in politics, education, philanthropy, religion, and Labor Zionism. The response starts with "Dear Brothers." Historically significant.

Date:

1942-05-24

Creator:

Isaacs, Stanley M. (Stanley Myer), 1882-1962 Goldberg, Abraham, 1883-1942 Goldmann, Nahum, 1895-1982 Goldstein, Israel, 1896

File Name:

5276b45af09_11

Identifier:

International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box 45a, Folder 9

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University