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Krzywcza קשיוצ'ה Poland Landsman & Landslayt לאַנדסמאַן ולאַנדסלײַט
![]() © 2007 Joy Kestenbaum, photographer Krzywcza Landsmanshaft in New York: Created for the mutual benefit of its members and their families, the Krzywcza on San Sick Support Society, Inc. (First Krzywcza Am San Sick & Ben. Ass'n) was incorporated in the State of New York after World War I on 16 March 1920. © 2004 Joy Kestenbaum,
photographer
The Certificate of Incorporation stated
the purposes for which the society was formed:1) to voluntarily aid and assist members and those of their families while in distress and during sickness 2) to acquire by purchase or otherwise a plot or plots in a duly organized cemetery for the use of deceased members or those of their families; which cemetery shall not however be sold to any outside person or persons 3) to maintain lectures and discussions on civic topics including the Constitution of the United States, so that the members of this Society may become better acquainted with the National and State Institutions and Governments and thereby to engender a better spirit of fellowship and citizenship. The following nine individuals were named as founding directors:
Others
present for the incorporation of the Society and
who signed the certificate were Isidor Rubenfeld,
Max Schwarzbarth and Joshua S. Shapiro.
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