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Veterans' hospitals

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

National Jewish Welfare Board, Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-337
Abstract

The collection documents the National Jewish Welfare Board's (JWB) evolution from an organization founded in 1917 to provide support for soldiers in times of war to an agency involved in all aspects of Jewish life both in the United States and abroad. In 1990 JWB recreated itself as the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America.

Dates: undated, 1889-1995 (bulk 1917-1990)
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / National Jewish Welfare Board, Records

Rabbi Emery Glancz, World War II Rabbi/Cantor Military Kit with Flag

 Collection
Identifier: I-517
Abstract

This collection contains the chaplain's kit used by Rabbi Emery Glancz during his service as an army chaplain during World War II. Included in the kit is a flag with the Ten Commandments; one Ten Commandments plaque; two brass candlesticks, one marked "US;" two brass communion plates marked "US;" one brass priest's communion cup with cross; and three silver-plated cups.

Dates: circa 1940s
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Rabbi Emery Glancz, World War II Rabbi/Cantor Military Kit with Flag

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