Fourth Annual Report of The Association For The Relief Of J. Together With The Anniversary Address by Eleazer Block, Esq., March 27, 1859

This book contains the Fourth Annual Report of the Association for the Relief of Jewish Widows and Orphans, along with an anniversary address delivered by Eleazer Block on March 27, 1859, in New Orleans. The report details the activities and finances of the association during its fourth year. It also includes significant historical information about the Abi Yetomim Ubne Ebyonim (Hebrew Orphan Society) of Charleston, South Carolina, founded in 1801, making it the oldest continuously operating Jewish charitable organization in the United States. The text details the society's founding, its mission to care for widows and orphans, and the history of its building.

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• Block, Eleazer

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Subjects

• Jews--Charities
• Orphanages
• Social conditions
• Charities

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