Metadata: Central Committee of the Jewish Craftsmen’s Organization Zionim Baalei Mikzoa, Lwów
Collection
- Country:
- Ukraine
- Holding institution:
- Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv
- Holding institution (official language):
- Центральний державний історичний архів України, м. Львів
- Postal address:
- 3a Soborna sq., 79008 Lviv
- Phone number:
- +380 (32) 235-40-63; +380 (32) 235-56-57
- Web address:
- https://archives.gov.ua/Eng/Archives/ca04.php
- Email:
- tsdial@arch.gov.ua
- Reference number:
- F. 454
- Title:
- Central Committee of the Jewish Craftsmen’s Organization Zionim Baalei Mikzoa, Lwów
- Title (official language):
- ЦЕНТРАЛЬНИЙ КОМІТЕТ ЄВРЕЙСЬКОЇ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇ «ЦІОНІМ БОАЛЕЙ МІКЦОА», м. ЛЬВІВ
- Creator/accumulator:
- Central Committee of the Jewish Craftsmen’s Organization Zionim Baalei Mikzoa, Lwów
- Date(s):
- 1933/1939
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Polish
- Extent:
- 41 storage units
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Scope and content:
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Documents housed in the fond may be provisionally divided into the following thematic groups:
1) Recordkeeping documents of the organization, including a draft charter (undated), an operational plan (undated), and minutes of the Zionim Baalei Mikzoa general assembly (1935); a report on the activities of departments subordinate to the organization’s central committee in Lwów (1935); etc.
2) Correspondence with the executive committee of the Regional Zionist Organization on the election of the central committee of Zionim Baalei Mikzoa, and on holding meetings, assemblies, etc. (1933); a letter to the presidium of the Regional Zionist Organization on the need to hold new elections for the organization (1934); an appeal to the Central Union of Jewish Craftsmen in Warsaw protesting the exclusion of representatives of the Yad Harutzim organization in Lwów from participating in an event to aid Jewish craftsmen (undated); correspondence with the Regional Palestine Bureau on the approval of candidates for agricultural internships (1935-38); etc.
3) Documents on the activities of local branches of Zionim Baalei Mikzoa in the following population centers of Eastern Galicia: Bolechów, Borysław, Buczacz, Halicz, Horodenka, Deliatyn, Drohobycz, Dunaiv, Zhab’e, Żurawno, Zaliztsi, Złoczów, Kozowa, Kołomyja, Komarno, Lwów, Lutowiska, Mikołajew, Ozerna, Przemyśl, Przemyślany, Podhajce, Rawa Ruska, Radziechów, Rohatyn, Sambor, Skałat, Stanisławów, Tarnopol, Chodorów, Czortków, Jaworów, etc. (1933-38).
4) Financial documents of Zionim Baalei Mikzoa, in particular, an extract from its cash book (undated); correspondence with the credit cooperative of the Central Cooperative Bank in Lwów on financial issues (1935-36); etc.
5) Credentials of members of the organization, including statistical information on membership in the Drohobych, Lwów, and Pomoriany branches of Zionim Baalei Mikzoa (1937); a list of candidates for agricultural internships (1935); a card file of Zionim Baalei Mikzoa members (undated); etc.
- Administrative/biographical history:
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Zionim Baalei Mikzoa, an organization of Zionist craftsmen, was founded in Lwów in 1933; it was directly subordinate to the Regional Zionist Organization. The founders of Zionim Baalei Mikzoa were Yitzhak Friedman and S. Bilbel, with the latter serving as chair until 1937, when H. Hamzer took this post. The mission of Zionim Baalei Mikzoa was to promote cultural education and Zionism among Jewish craftsmen. Toward this end, it organized lectures, literary evenings, exhibitions, theater circles, excursions, and Hebrew courses. Through authorized representatives, the organization worked closely with the Keren Kayemet le-Yisrael Jewish National Fund. Membership in Zionim Baalei Mikzoa was open to any Jewish craftsman over the age of eighteen and of sound reputation. The organization had sixty-three branches in operation in the territory of Eastern Galicia, each consisting of at least ten members. The supreme executive body of Zionim Baalei Mikzoa was its central committee, which was located in Lwów at 3 Copernicus Street.
The organization ceased activities in September 1939, after Soviet forces occupied Western Ukraine.
- System of arrangement:
- The fond includes a single inventory systematized chronologically.
- Finding aids:
- An inventory is available.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Theological Seminary
