Lot 335
Young Men's Hebrew Association – Report and Book – the Jewish Equivalent of the YMCA – USA
1. Annual Report of the Young Men's Hebrew Association of Philadelphia, May 1880. Philadelphia: Edward Stern, 1880. English.
Annual report for 1880 of the Philadelphia branch of the organization, which was the Jewish equivalent of the Christian YMCA organization. Contains a financial report, constitution and by-laws and a list of active members. [2], 23, [1] pp, 17 cm. Good condition.
2. The Young Men's Hebrew Association of Philadelphia, a Fifty Year Chronicle, by William R. Langfeld. Philadelphia: The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Philadelphia, 1928. English.
A book reviewing 50 years of the organization's activities, with photographs. 147 pp, 21 cm. Good condition.
The YMHA was founded in New York in 1874, and it was the basis for the organization known today as the JCC (Jewish Community Centers).
