1888-1892 GAOO ARCHIVES (ODESSA): WELFARE OF JEWISH FARMERS & ARTISANS SOCIETY

1888-1892 WELFARE OF JEWISH FARMERS & ARTISANS SOCIETY

(“Jews of Odessa & Southern Ukraine”, LG Belousov)

GAOO Archives (Odessa):

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMPANY (?) IN ODESSA: Welfare of Jewish Farmers & Artisans of Syria & Palestine

Fond 2, op. 1, d. 1791

A petition by the Jewish residents of Odessa to the interim governor-general was made in October, 1888 by Jews desiring to leave Russia and to live their last days of life in the Holy Land.

A draft was written describing the organization of a Palestinian society, the Welfare Society for Jewish Farmers & Artisans in Syria & Palestine, by Alexander Osipovich Tsederbaum,( hereditary honorary citizen). The charity’s purpose was to promote productive agricultural labor by providing the finances and the necessary agricultural and craft tools.

In December, 1889 Odessa police collected information about the following individuals who wished to be founders of the Welfare Society:

Benjamin Shershevsky, Leo Federmeyer, Moris  Shteynver,

Gregory Gimmelfarb—medical doctors

Jacob Lubarsky, Samuel Rabinowitz, Solomon Berg—Odessa merchants

Usher Ginsberg, merchant’s son

Leon Filkenshteon (Filkenshtein??), Gersh Pogrebinsky, Marcus Ostrovsky, Joel Gimmelfarb, Srup Futran, Mark Weinstein/Vaynshteyn—merchants

Solomon Barzhansky & Wolf Koistantinovsky, Honorary Citizens

Nukhim Granat, Solomon Puritz—1^st Guild merchants

Grants were provided to Jewish farmers and artisans in Syria and Palestine (by Odessa governor). The grants were received by the following individuals:

NAME	LOCATION	AMOUNT
Shmuel Kerner	Rigion L’Tsion colony	1,000 francs
Kasriyepyu Rapoport	Rigion L’Tsion	150 f.
David Vorgaftigu,	Mishmor Guardian colony	700 f.
David Landau	Wad-Al-Hanin colony	400 f.
Moyeshe Lereru	Wad-Al-Hanin	300 f.
Mordko Shmulevich	Pesach Tikva colony	600 f.
Yehuda Raab	Pesach Tikva	125 f.
Sender Hadad/Khadad	Pesach  Tikva	125 f.
Abel Lempert	Pesach Tikva	250 f.
Riyee Spor	Pesach Tikva	120 f.
Aaron Makhnes	Pesach Tikva	50 f.
Sender Hadad	Pesach Tikva	20 f.
Naftole Svatnitsk	Pesach Tikva	30 f.
Yankel Kogan	Pesach Tikvah	40 f.
Lipe Bolotnom	Hedera/Khedera	300 f.