Rabbi Eliezer Silver. (President of the Agudath HaRabanim of America, 1882-1968). (Pinkas) Keren Hatzalah, Refugee Child Campaign, Agudath Israel, Keren HaTorah, Kosher Kitchen, Keren HaPo'alim, etc

Denotes Rabi Eliezer Silver's Extraordinary Multi-Faceted Welfare and Rescue Activities During World War Two. Of particular interest is material relating to Rabbi Silver's Keren Hatzalah listed on pp. 50-63. Funds were sent to the following Yeshivoth: Kletsk (headed by R. Aaron Kotler), Baranovitch (headed by R. Elchonon Wasserman), Kamenitz (headed by R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz), Mir (through Rabbi Kalmanowitz), Ponovezh, Bialystok, Ramailes (Vilna) and Telz. Among the prominent Rabbis and Chassidic Rebbes mentioned include: Rabbis B. and C. Halberstam, Reuben Grozovsky, Shlomo Heiman, Chaim Heller, Aaron Kotler, Nachum Perlow of Novominsk, Israel Rosenberg, as well as Rabbis Burack, Carlebach, Dessler, Kaplan, Karelitz, Karlinsky, Poupko, Rif, Soloweitchik, Teitz and Zimmerman. Rabbi Silver had funds entrusted to him from various sources: Keren R. Chaim Ozer, Va'ad Hatzalah, Ezrath Torah, Agudath Israel - as well as hundrds of private individuals, including dignitaries such as the Admor Friedman (Boyan), the Admor Heschel (Kopytchnitz?), the Admor Rokeach (Belz), et al. A careful study of the ledger reveals sources of income, expenses and transfers of funds to assist the activities of Mike Tress, B. Z. Hendeles, Rabbi Simcha Wasserman and other heroes. Foreign locales include: Cologne, Germany; Vienna, Austria and Japan. A great many entries cite names of activists and donors during this vital Holocaust period. Denotes Rabi Eliezer Silver's extraordinary multi-faceted rescue activities during World War Two. See A. Rakefeth-Rothkoff, The Silver Era in American Jewish Orthodoxy (1982); Silver Linings: A Memoir by Rabbi David L. Silver (1997); EJ, Vol. XIV, cols.1544-5