Annual Report, Hebrew Free Loan Society (Gemilath Chasodim Society)
Gift of Judah Gribetz
Id no. 96.97, Document, English
Subject(s): Communal institutions
Established in 1892 to "loan money...instead of giving alms," the Society fulfills Maimonides' definition of the highest form of charity-- to lend money to help a needy person become self-sufficient.
