On Yom Kippur 5710 they made an appeal for the Joint/UJA in גרויס בעסמעדרעש in Satmar

Apparently they were told that the appeal was for the Joint, not UJA. That kashered it. Satmar received lots of help from the Joint in the early years of settling in America, as did many others. Including Lubavitch, of course. Many Jews received apartments and weekly stipends from the Joint. I guess this was a way of showing appreciation? UJA was treyf, I assume, because it was Zionist/Reform/Neolog. But the Joint was basically the same treyf, so go figure. Hard to tell when the appeal took place, before Kol Nidrei? after Shachris?

PicturesOfTheDay

 
Pictured: Shoproner Rov - Reb Shimon Yisroel Posen (r, with Rabbinic, flat Beaver Hat) & and (hidden) Rav Yisroel וועלץ (l) ראב"ד דקה"י בודאפעסט, and later in Yerushalayim. Center, with uniform - Rabbi Shenkelevsky from the Joint; Standing First on the left - Reb Shemtov Meyer - Mechutin to the Tosher Rebbe, father of the Lizhensker Rebbe of Monsey.. The Two young men Standing in the center wearing caps are children of the Shoproner Rov. We need to identify the man with the Platchiker Biber hat next to Rav Woltz.

 Seated right is the Shoproner Rov, left is Rav Yisroel Woltz of Budapest, zt"l. Child standing First to the left - Reb Avraham Chaim Spitzer. Seated second to the left is Reb Avraham Steinmetz, Sitting 2nd from the right is Reb Asher Zelig Steinmetz. Man sitting First left is also seen in the First picture, albeit without his hat. If you see other people in the picture that you can name, please do so in the comments. I should put a watermark on these never-before-seen pictures, but who has time? and why should I keep them from stealing it? let them enjoy.

New Treasures - Courtesy of the AJDC ("Joint")

(UPDATE Motz"Sh, 11:19pm: I reposted the pictures, since Blogger seems to have forgotten about me. They promised to put back the post but still haven't as of now. Comments, however, are gone. I added one or two pictures that weren't in the original post.)

The "Joint" recently went public with their archive of pictures from activities during and after WW2. As we know, many of our brothers and sisters - including the Rabbeyim of Lubavitch - were helped by the Joint during those difficult times - and before/after as well. This includes Jews of all nationalities. Not much was known about it, since they never went public with their activities, but they have now. And I chose some of the pictures that depict frum life in the DP Camps, as well as places like Vilna and Shanghai during WW2. I searched through many of the pictures and saved what I liked; those pictures of religious Jews that we can relate to, that maybe feature people and places that we heard of growing up - Feldafing, Foerenwald, Poking, Vilna, Kobe, Shanghai, etc. I saved them but unfortunately didn't note where many of them are from, so some have no captions. I apologize for that.


az s'nishtoh kein vayber shul shteit men indroysen..


Gantz a sheiner Esrog far a DP lager... (Germany)


I wonder whom they're waiting for... (Germany)


I'd be proud of my Matzoh if it came out like that too... (Germany)


In Germany, baking matzos just like before.


In Feldafing DP Camp with his treasure...



Rav BZMC Uziel visiting Cyprus Detention Camp


Cyprus. S'iz der zelber Eybershter, afilu in Cyprus.


Beth Bialik, Austria. The aniyus screams out!


Beth Bialik, Austria DP Camp. Learning Torah never ends.


In Feldafing DP Camp, post WW2. Anybody care to guess who this is?


Kobe, Japan. See anybody you know?


In Vilna, thinking about his family and future, no doubt.




Pocking, Germany, where many Lubavitchers may have met their first Hungarian brethren. The Sharmasher Rov is in the center.


Lunch in Vilna, thinking about home...


In Kobe, Japan, before departing for Shanghai. IIRC that's Reb Moshe Shatzkes on the left.


Kobe, Japan. Group picture of refugees


Afileh in Vayten Vilna farlozt er nisht dem sefer...



In Prien, Germany, after WW2. Oy, vee zees!




Lubavitcher Bochurim in Yeshivah in Vilna.


A protest in the DP Camp?!


In Vilna, being Osek in Avodas HaTfilloh.



Kobe, Japan. In Transit.


Ay, Vilne, mein Vilne.


m'derkvikt zich a bissale in Vilne


m'lernet vayter, vee es volt gornishe geven, Vilne.


Peylishe Kinderlach, antlofen fun der heim, in Vilne


Moh Ohavti Sorosecho in Kobe, Japan


Tinokos shel Bais Rabbon in Vilne