Jewish Polytechnic Society of Latvia (Ebreju politehniskā biedrība Latvijā).
Registered on 5 October 1921 (Valdības Vēstnesis 1921.12.10., nr. 234.).
By decision of the Minister of Public Affairs on 11 March 1939, the society was re-registered under the new name ‘Jewish Society “Cooperation” (’Sadarbība“).
The purpose of the society was to promote the acquisition of necessary knowledge and professional interests, to participate in solving practical technical problems that contributed to the work of the Jewish population, and to improve the economic and general welfare level.
Over the years, the members of the board and active participants included engineers, construction engineers, economists (chairman) engineer-technologist Yakov Landau, (chairman) Lip Shlesinger, engineer-technologist Moisey Livshits, economist Wolf Avin, economist Samuel Bergman, engineer-technologist Lazar Babchin, engineer-technologist Moisey Kalgut, engineer-technologist Wolf Hirschberg, A. Budo, A. Pasternak, E. Michelson, L. Vitlin, A. Reshin, Ovsey Aronov, Berka Ravikovich, Ilya Itsigson, Rafael Levit, Boris Gindin, architect Heinrich Rosenberg, engineer Emil Heymanson, engineer Boris Gindin, Georg Feinberg, Simon Antikol, Gary Lipert, Lazar Zuckerman, Marim Goldshik, Boris Tsivian, Gershon Friedman, I. Jacob, B. Jacobson, A. Yudavin, V. Levontin, M. Lubotsky, P. Mandelstam, M. Magdson, L. Nimtsovich, A. Pasternak, A. Patursky, S. Rabinovich, M. Shneyer, S. Tal.
The society periodically held discussions in Riga on glass production, the problem of traffic in large cities, bacteriology, telephone communications, and synthetic and natural materials in production.
In 1936-1937, the society held open lectures by engineer M. Barkan on ‘Methods of Fabric Processing,’ Prof. Theodor Celm on ‘The Philosophy of Technology,’ engineer E. Michelson on ‘Plywood Production,’ M. Dribin on ‘The movements of the Jewish people in Latvia.’ The society had a periodical publication. A booklet published in 1934 and attached to the archive file discusses the problems of awarding and using academic degrees in Latvia, scientific ethics, and the possibilities of obtaining and applying technical education in Latvia. The society also promoted the employment of its members.
Archival source: LSHA, Fund 1536, op. 11, d. 234, p. 303; Fund 3724, inventory 1, file 8011.