response of Orthodox Jewry in the United States to the Holocaust; the activities of the Vaad ha-Hatzala Rescue Committee 1939-1945
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The response of Orthodox Jewry in the United States to the Holocaust; the activities of the Vaad ha-Hatzala Rescue Committee 1939-1945
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.53180973/0018
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03969
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Yeshiva University Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2000
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]316p.,index, bibliography
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0881256668
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Through the Vaad (Rescue committee) established by the Agudat ha-Rabbanim (Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada), the community initially succeeded in rescuing numerous rabbis and yeshiva students and later was able to save many additional Jews