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NGOI Rescue
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Websitewww.irescue.org.uk
Background Information

I Rescue is a Jewish humanitarian children's organisation, caring for abandoned and underprivileged children from all over the world in five Israeli Youth Villages. The organisation was originally formed in the early 1930s, in order to rescue child victims of Nazi persecution. The British Committee was established in 1944, under the joint chairmanship of Vera Weizmann and Dr Israel Feldman. Source: www.irescue.org.uk

Year Created1944
Other Names / Antecedent Bodies

Youth Aliyah Child Rescue (1933-2004)

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KeywordsChildren and young people; International development and humanitarian aid; Judaism.
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