Fejezetek a temesvári izraelita nőegyletek tevékenységéből – 1846–1929
Chapters regarding the activity of the Hebrew Women’s Associations in Timişoara – 1846-1929

Summary/Abstract: In order to better appreciate the early activity of the Hebrew Women’s Associations from Timişoara (the ones carried out in the Factory District and the Central District 1846, in Joseph District 1871), we have to mention the foundation of similar associations in Hungary, in Debrecen, 1850, Oradea 1869 and Pest 1866 before the First World War. It is also true that there was a similar association in Vienna much sooner, in March 1816. It was already during the Revolution in 1848 when they significantly supported the activity of the National Guard from Timişoara, then in 1864, succeeding the year of 1863 marked by some hard drought following the famine in the region of Banat, they were intensely supporting the starving population. In 1879, given the soup-kitchens set up in the town, they also supported the refugees,who had come here from Szeged, the town destroyed by the Tisza river. It was probably in 1724 when the Sephardi and the Ashkenazi Chewra Kadischa associations from Timişoara had bravely participated in the maintenance of the local Jewish Hospital while nursing its patients. During the First World War the Women’s Hebrew Associations from Timişoara, in partnership with other supporting associations, had helped in the wounded soldiers’ tendance while also paying a special attention to the support provided to the numerous poor families, especially during the last years of war. The memorial suggesting the mutual contribution of the Hebrew Women’s Associations from Timişoara is emphasized by the foundation of the old people’s nursing home in 1929, today’s Micu Klein 26, once the Meadow Street in the Factory District. Besides their local activity, after the First World War they also supported the starving children from Vienna.

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