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Уставъ Общества Ремесланнаго и Земледѣльческаго Труда Сведи Eвреевъ въ Россіи Ustav Obshchestva Remeslennogo i Zemledel'cheskogo Truda Sredi Evreev v Rossii (Charter of the Society of Crafts and Agricultural Labor Among Jews in Russia) [FIRST OFFICIAL ORT CHARTER]

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Санкт-Петербу́рг [Saint Petersburg]: [ОRТ], [1906]. Softcover. Octavo. 8pp. Beige stapled-bound paper wrappers with black lettering on the front cover.

This extremely scarce publication is the first official printed charter of the noted international Jewish educational and philanthropic organization ORT (Society of Craft Labor). Approved by the city government of Saint Petersburg and dated, this 40-point document lays out, in detail, the aims, goals and methods of the organization. This was the first time these statements were codified by the organization. A historically important piece of Russian-Jewish history.

The organization was originally founded in Saint Petersburg in 1880, as the Society of Crafts and Agricultural Labor Among Jews in Russia, by Nikolai Bakst, Samuel Polyakov and Baron Horace Günzburg, and was among first significant Jewish institutions of its kind. Starting in the 1860s, the Russian Jewish community had begun to be granted increased civil rights in the Empire. The organization's original aim was to raise and disperse funds for the education of impoverished Russian Jews, and provide them with various technical, trade and agricultural work training, in preparation for entrance into the national workforce. The organization saw immense success in their mission, and within the first 25 years they raised educational standards and provided training to 25,000 Jews across the Russian Empire. With the coming of the Russian revolution, the organization moved its headquarters to Berlin. With the rise of Nazism in Germany, the organization then moved its operational base to France, and then Switzerland. In the postwar period the organization continued its mission of providing vocational training and related philanthropic activities to Jewish communities internationally.

Text throughout in Russian.

Wrappers lightly creased, with a few minor stains on the front cover. Interior clean. Wrappers in very good, interior in near fine condition. Extremely scarce. vg to near fine. Item #55343

Alternate spelling/names: Устав Общество ремесленного и земледельческого труда среди евреев в России, World ORT, OPT, Общество Ремесленного Труда

Only one library holding on OCLC worldwide, none in North America.

Price: $3,500.00