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Item ID | 11126 | |||
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Title | Elderly men learn to weave baskets and mats at a workshop initiated by JDC, Jerusalem. | |||
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Reference Code | NY_00090 | |||
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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. | |||
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City / Town | Jerusalem | ![]() |
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Country | Palestine | ![]() |
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Dates | 1921 | |||
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Decade | 1920 | ![]() |
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Publication/Exhibition Info | DID YOU KNOW 4/18/06, Jewish Week: A Wide Angle On Compassion 06/26/09 | ![]() |
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Portal | DPLA | ![]() |
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Size | 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 | |||
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