Subject: Jewish refugees

Two-page printed broadside letter dated December 25, 1859, issued by a committee of Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia to solicit funds for the relief of Jews who fled to Gibraltar from Morocco to escape persecution. The appeal includes a letter by Sir Moses Montefiore and lists committee members with their addresses: M.A. Mitchell, A.S. Wolf, H.M. Phillips, D. Salomon, S. Hart, S. Heiter, H. Cohen, S. Arnold, Henry Allen, J.A. Phillips, A. Hart, G. Mayer, D. Gans, J. Moss, and M. Arnold.

This is a reprint of an article from an American newspaper, detailing the ceremonies dedicating Grand Island on the Niagara River as 'Ararat,' a city of refuge for Jews in September 1825. This reprint appeared in the *Imperial Magazine*, Volume IX, March 1827, pages 298-299.

Letter dated December 19, 1942, from Lotte Loeb to Erwin Piscator. The letter concerns assistance in getting Hertha Verdier, author of "The Jews of Corfu," into the United States. Piscator is identified as a noted director and the director of the School of the Theater at the New School for Social Research. The Emergency Rescue Committee is also mentioned in connection with this request.

This 35-page book, published in New York in 1882, is a report by Julius Goldman on the efforts of the Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society of the United States to settle Russian Jewish refugees in the American West. The report details the challenges and successes of this colonization effort, offering valuable insights into the experiences of Jewish immigrants at the time and the role of the Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society in assisting their resettlement.