Excerpt from Gratz’s 1837 report on the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society
To the Jews, who have no country, and whose brethren come from every clime, it is incumbent wherever a few are collected together in a community, to form societies for the relief of the wayfarer, the poor, and the stranger; for in all their borders God has blessed them…
The Constitution of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: The Female Hebrew Benevolent Society of Philadelphia, 1825-1838.
