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1. Poale Zion Tag Day in St. Paul, Minnesota
- Date Created:
- 1916
- Description:
- Portrait photograph of men and women members of Poale Zion, which was a Zionist-Socialist-Laborite group founded in Russia. The St. Paul chapter in the picture is promoting "Tag Day" a fundraising activity supporting Jewish emigration to Palestine. The future first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, is pictured standing fourth from the left in the third row. Ben-Gurion was a member of Poalie Zion and traveled worldwide to fundraise and to recruit young American Jews to the Jewish Legion serving in World War I.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Studio portraits
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