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| Document: | Orphans provided guardianship through JDC's financial adoption program, 1921 |
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| Description: | Following the upheaval of World War I, JDC initiated a legal adoption program, whereby a pratron sponsored a child's welfare for the yearly sum of $100. Immigrant aid societies, synagogue, and distant relatives in the United States often sponsored children. |
| Remitter Name: | J. I. Gorfinkle |
| City: | Mt. Vernon |
| State: | New York |
| Country: | United States |
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