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Society of Jewish War Invalids

Society of Jewish War Invalids (Baltijas žīdu kara invalīdu biedrība).

Registered on 11 May 1927 (Valdības Vēstnesis, 1927, 18 August).

The aim of the society was, on a voluntary basis, to unite all Jewish war invalids in Latvia, to promote their material and spiritual welfare, and to provide them with all necessary assistance as required.

The society granted short-term loans.

At various times, members of the board and active participants included Shmuel Shpungin (Chairman), Vulf Lipson (Chairman), Herman Vulfson, Solomon Levi, Berl Furman, Hirsh Ulman, Abram Hirshfeld, Eliya Vulfson, Mikhail Yoffe (Chairman), Meer Zigler, Robert Rosenstein, Oskar Rybak, Movsha Khelman, Vladimir Zak, Noakhim Levin, Mendel Tsitron, Shaya Pushinsky, Itzak Gordon, Ber Yudelovich, Moses Lurie (Chairman), Itzok Rosin, Yakov Lurie, Ovsey Katzen, Leib Tsitron, Abe Yakubovich, Abram Vulfovich, Borukh Gochin, Levi Zaloman, David Gvozdin, Arno-Nokhum Goldshmidt, and Meer Urie.

The society was dissolved in 1940, and its members transferred to the Latvian Union of War Invalids.