In an effort to popularize the JWB this posters, published in 1918, along with a few others were posted around the US to commercialize the help and effort being sent to aid the soldiers fighting in World War 1.
The expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 was the beginning of intense migration to the Americas by Jews. Like the many who migrated in that direction, Jews were escaping the clutches of the religion police, that was the king and queen of Spain and any one who was against them. Since then Jews have not been able to settle down. They tried in the Netherlands, the New Dutch colony of Recife in Brazil, The Dutch Caribbean, and many other places. Each time they discovered themselves in a fit of trouble scauntering about looking for a new place to call home. By the 1900s two million eastern European Jews were living in America.
The JWB, Jewish Welfare Board, was created during World War One with the purpose of rallying up rabbis: teachers, for military service. Their work ran along the lines of encouraging soldiers, distributing books, articles, Bibles, and prayer books. Their uniform consisted of olive green/gray coat with gold-colored buttons and a patch on the upper left sleeve. For a woman, matching skirt, gathered at the waist in the rear, closes with snaps. A cloth band reinforces the waist, two patch pockets are on the front. The collar is made of white cotton, with three button holes to permit attachment of the collar to the matching shirt.
In 1921, the JWB took over the duties of Young Mens Hebrew and Kindred Associations immerging the two organization to form a new JWB. The new title was the National Associations of Jewish Community Centers and the Young Mens-Young Womens Hebrew Associations. The association continues to work at the home front and abroad during war time. Now after many years the new title is and still is the USO after six different private organizations-- the Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Women's Christian Association, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Traveler's Aid Association and the Salvation Army-- came together in 1941 after President Roosevelt ordered them to.
References
The Price Of Freedom
JWB
Guide
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