Excerpt from Gratz’s 1837 report on the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society

To the Jews, who have no country, and whose brethren come from every clime, it is incumbent wherever a few are collected together in a community, to form societies for the relief of the wayfarer, the poor, and the stranger; for in all their borders God has blessed them…

The Constitution of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: The Female Hebrew Benevolent Society of Philadelphia, 1825-1838.

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