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Subject: Older people


Programme for the Dedication of the New Jewish Hospital and Home for the Aged and Infirm Programme for the Dedication of the New Jewish Hospital and Home for the Aged and Infirm

This 7-page book is a program from the dedication ceremony of the new Jewish Hospital and Home for the Aged and Infirm in Philadelphia, held on September 14, 1873. The program offers insight into the history of the Jewish Hospital Association of Philadelphia, its founding in 1865, and its mission to provide medical care and support to the Jewish community, addressing the lack of access to care and employment discrimination faced by Jews in other hospitals.