Bialystoker Center chairman's gavel
Gift of the Bialystoker Home for the Aged
Id no. 2309.89, Other, English
This gavel is engraved, ?Presented to Bialystoker Center & Bikur ? Cholim by Mr. and Mrs. Max Garber 1933.?
The Bialystoker Center was started by the Bialystoker Landsmanschaft (a Jewish mutual-aid society which helped new immigrants adjust to life in the US). Membership in Landsmanshaftn typically consisted of people from a particular town or city, in this case, Bialystok.
The Bialystoker Center was started by the Bialystoker Landsmanschaft (a Jewish mutual-aid society which helped new immigrants adjust to life in the US). Membership in Landsmanshaftn typically consisted of people from a particular town or city, in this case, Bialystok.
