“You Saved Them in 1917, Will You Let Them Starve Now? American Jewry! The wolves of hunger are still attacking. Will we protect our own from starvation?”
AUCTION 79 |
Thursday, November 15th,
2018 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 234
(AMERICANA)
“You Saved Them in 1917, Will You Let Them Starve Now? American Jewry! The wolves of hunger are still attacking. Will we protect our own from starvation?”
New York, 1918:
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
“Shall We Save Them? - What Will You Do?”
Seeking to aid the impoverished Jews of Palestine and Eastern Europe following World War I, American Jewish relief groups united to create the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (commonly known as the Joint).