Buy this book on-line World Ort Union : 80 YEARS OF ORT; HISTORICAL MATERIALS, DOCUMENTS AND REPORTSGeneva : ORT Union., 1960.
8vo. 163 Pages. Illustrated. SUBJECT (S) : ORT Union; Landbouw; Opleidingen; Internationale organisaties; Jodendom. OCLC lists 30 copies worldwide. “ORT (initials of Rus. Obshchestvo Rasprostraneniya Truda sredi Yevreyev , originally meaning "Society for Manual [and Agricultural] Work [among Jews], " and later—from 1921—"Society for Spreading [Artisan and Agricultural] Work [among Jews]") [is an] organization for the promotion and development by vocational training of skilled trades and agriculture among Jews. It was initiated by a "private letter" sent out in April 1880 to the Jews of the towns of Russia, signed by S. S. Poliakov, Baron Horace Guenzberg, A. J. Zak, L. M. Rosenthal, and M. F. Friedland, concerning the permission granted by Czar Alexander II "to collect a fund for a philanthropic purpose..." The Jewish population in all parts of the country was called upon to contribute to the fund which was intended "to support and develop the existing vocational schools for Jews, to help open new schools, to help the Jewish agricultural colonies, model farms, and agricultural schools. "”(EJ) Front cover missing, back cover torn, pages yellowed, good condition. (ComHist-9-32) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of World Ort Union : 80 YEARS OF ORT; HISTORICAL MATERIALS, DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. World Ort Union : 80 YEARS OF ORT; HISTORICAL MATERIALS, DOCUMENTS AND REPORTSGeneva : ORT Union., 1960.
8vo. 163 Pages. Illustrated. SUBJECT (S) : ORT Union; Landbouw; Opleidingen; Internationale organisaties; Jodendom. OCLC lists 30 copies worldwide. “ORT (initials of Rus. Obshchestvo Rasprostraneniya Truda sredi Yevreyev , originally meaning "Society for Manual [and Agricultural] Work [among Jews], " and later—from 1921—"Society for Spreading [Artisan and Agricultural] Work [among Jews]") [is an] organization for the promotion and development by vocational training of skilled trades and agriculture among Jews. It was initiated by a "private letter" sent out in April 1880 to the Jews of the towns of Russia, signed by S. S. Poliakov, Baron Horace Guenzberg, A. J. Zak, L. M. Rosenthal, and M. F. Friedland, concerning the permission granted by Czar Alexander II "to collect a fund for a philanthropic purpose..." The Jewish population in all parts of the country was called upon to contribute to the fund which was intended "to support and develop the existing vocational schools for Jews, to help open new schools, to help the Jewish agricultural colonies, model farms, and agricultural schools. "”(EJ) Institutional stamps on endpages. Wraps and pages aged, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (ComHist-9-32A) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of World Ort Union : 80 YEARS OF ORT; HISTORICAL MATERIALS, DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, libri antichi, livres anciens, incunabula and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |