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Radio Broadcast to the Jews of Soviet Russia

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Title:
Radio Broadcast to the Jews of Soviet Russia
Title (Yiddish):
ראדיאָ בּראָדקעסט צו די אידן פון סאָוועט רוסלאנד
Romanized Title (Yiddish):
Radio brodkest tsu di Yidn fun Soviet Rusland
Collection:
International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
Set:
Exhibit and Collection Highlights
Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
Postwar Reconstruction and Relief
Visual
World War II Jewish Tanks and Poems
Creator:
Isaacs, Stanley M. (Stanley Myer), 1882-1962
Goldberg, Abraham, 1883-1942
Goldmann, Nahum, 1895-1982
Goldstein, Israel, 1896
Creator (Yiddish):
גאָלדבערג, א
גאָלדמאַן, נ
גאָלדשטיין, איזראַעל
אייזאַקס, ס
Date:
1942-05-24
Site:
New York, New York, United States
Moscow, Moskva, Rossiya, Russia
Address (Creator):
535 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
Identifier:
5276b45af09_11
Recipient:
Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, Moscow|Jewish Antifascist Committee of the USSR (JAFC)
Organization:
Jewish Council for Russian War Relief
Language:
Yiddish
Work Type:
booklets
historical figures
organization files
broadcasts
world wars
leaders (people)
logos
graphic document genres
financial aid
political campaigns
tanks (military vehicles)
communism
drawings (visual works)
Subject:
World War II- War Effort, Red Army
Soviet Union
Intelligentsia
Jewish Left
Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee of the USSR (JAFC)- Solomon (Shloyme) Mikhoels, Itzik Feffer
Communism
Political
Wartime Jewish Unity
Antisemitism
Nazism and Fascism
Fellow Travellers
World War II Holocaust
Jewish Lodges
Description:
25 pages. 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.
Note:
JAFC publishes journal Eynikayt [(Aynikayt], (June 7, 1942- Nov 20, 1948) in Moscow.
Note:
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:
45a
Folder:
9
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

About the collection

This bilingual project conserves, digitizes, and curates a portion of Cornell's International Workers Order (IWO) archives and most especially those of its Jewish division, known as the Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO). The IWO was founded in 1930 as an immigrant fraternal order that provided high-quality, low-cost health and burial insurance and other benefits for members. The origins of the IWO / JPFO arise from a decade of splits (1920-1930) concerning the U.S.S.R., the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism that consumed the Jewish Federation of Socialists and the Arbeter Ring (Workmens' Circle) groups associated with Eugene V. Debs' Socialist Party. While the vast majority of the IWO's members--200,000 at its peak right after World War II--did not belong to the Communist Party of the United States of America, the IWO's politics and leadership were largely aligned with those of the Party. The IWO was legally disbanded in 1953 due to the Cold War "Red Scare." This closure followed on a famous and unprecedented court case: its insurance funds and records were seized by New York State's Insurance Department. The presence of a goodly portion of the IWO's archives in the Kheel Center's 5276 Catherwood Library collection at Cornell's Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) School is a direct result of that seizure.