Vaad Hahatzalah (New York)
- ועד ההצלה של אגודת הרבנים בארצות-הברית
- Rescue Committee of United States Orthodox Rabbis
- Vaad Hahatzalah
- Vaad Hatzala
Dates of Existence
Founded in 1939 continued its activity until the early 1950s.
History
A body originally established to rescue rabbis and yeshivah students during World War II. Though originally focusing exclusively on rabbis and yeshivah students, it expanded its agenda to assist all Jews in the wake of the revelation of the Final Solution and became the representative relief agency of American Orthodox Jewry.
Places
New York
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0
Sources
Vaad Ha-Hatzala, Efraim Zuroff (2nd ed.). Published by the Jewish Virtual Library https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0020_0_20275.html