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Jewish Federation of San Diego County Collection
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Jewish Federation of San Diego County Collection
Creator:
Jewish Federation of San Diego County
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0554
Physical Description:
15.13 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1940-2013
Language of Material:
English
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This collection contains photos, documents, minutes, newsletters, campaign materials, regarding the Jewish Federation of San
Diego County from the 1940s to 2013.
This collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Jewish Historical Society of San Diego
2018-023
Miriam Norten, Major Gifts and Planned Giving Manager and Susan Halleday, CFO of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County
donated this collection to the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego in 2013.
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Abbe Wolfsheimer-Stutz Collection
Identification of item, folder title, box number,
Jewish Federation of San Diego County Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
The first Jewish Federation was founded in Boston in 1895 as Associated Jewish Charities. Other cities formed their own Jewish
charity groups, caring for the needs of their own communities and sending funds overseas to help Jews in need. In 1932 the
National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds was founded as the umbrella organization for local American and Canadian
chapters. In 1939 the national United Jewish Appeal (UJA) was formed, merging the fund-raising campaigns of the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the United Palestine Appeal, and the New York Association for New Americans. In 2018 the
umbrella organization is called Jewish Federations of North America.
Four local Jewish women's charities formed the basis of what would become the Jewish Federation of San Diego County. The Ladies
Hebrew Aid Society (1890), the Hebrew Sisterhood (1913), the Jolly Sixteen (circa 1912-1914) and the Junior Charity League
(circa 1917) assisted the needy, gave loans and welcomed soldiers. These four women's groups came together to found Federated
Jewish Charities, which would, in 1933, split into the Jewish Welfare Fund and the San Diego Chapter of the United Jewish
Fund. These were forerunners of today's Jewish Family Service and Jewish Federation of San Diego County. It was also called
the United Jewish Federation and in 2018 it is called the Jewish Federation of San Diego County. The purpose was to provide
financial, religious and moral support for Jewish communities in the United States and across the world. In 1946 Federation
women created their own Women's Division. In 2018 it is called Women's Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of San Diego
County.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jews--California--San Diego--Societies, etc
Jews--California--San Diego