03255nkm a22004213i 4500 22138182 20250607110335.9 cr ||||||||||| 210708s1918 xx nnn |o inzxx 22138182 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-999 2021670904 (WDL)17322 DLC eng DLC zxx 372 940 Children Eating at Mendele's Kindergarten in Bialystok, Poland. [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1918. 1 online resource. still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 1 photograph : black and white ; 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Schools and nurseries were an effective conduit to provide nourishment to children in Poland throughout World War I and the immediate postwar years, a period of rampant hunger. Mendele's Kindergarten and Community School at the Białystok Jewish Youth Union was most likely part of the Mendele Mokher Seforim Children's Home and Orphanage, named in honor of the beloved Yiddish-language author. During the interwar period, Białystok had an extensive Jewish primary education system. Many of these schools were funded by overseas Jewish philanthropy. The Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers (later the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, both names abbreviated as the JDC), a humanitarian organization, supported schools and provided meals, clothing, and shoes to the students. The JDC was created at the start of World War I by American Jewish groups uniting to provide coordinated relief from privation and suffering for Jews abroad. From the time the United States entered the war until its end, funding was sent to community and regional aid organizations in Poland, Lithuania, and other affected countries through a JDC branch in the neutral country of Holland. The photograph is from the archives of the JDC, which contain documents, photographs, film, video, oral histories, and artifacts recording the work of the organization from World War I to the present. Original resource at: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1918 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Faith-based human services Food supply Jews Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers Orphans School children Schools War relief World War, 1914-1918 Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name. Kendel, I. Photographer. Poland Podlaskie Białystok World War I gdcwdl wdl_17322 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.17322 wdl/wdlpartner/wdljdc s-Online Electronic Resource