Item ID	11126
Title	Elderly men learn to weave baskets and mats at a workshop initiated by JDC, Jerusalem.
Reference Code	NY_00090
Description	This basket and mat weaving workshop was initiated in 1920 in Jerusalem, British Mandate Palestine (now Israel), by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a humanitarian relief organization, to give employment to elderly men subsisting on financial assistance. The program provided training so that participants would have a means of supporting themselves.
City / Town	Jerusalem	similar items
Country	Palestine	similar items
Dates	1921
Decade	1920	similar items
Publication/Exhibition Info	DID YOU KNOW 4/18/06, Jewish Week: A Wide Angle On Compassion 06/26/09	similar items
Portal	DPLA	similar items
Size	4 1/2 x 6 1/2
Format	Print

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