Society “Council of Jewish Women of Latvia” (“Ebreju sieviešu padome Latvijā”)

Registered on 7 February 1923 (Valdības Vēstnesis, 27 Feb. 1923, No. 46).

By decision of the Administrative Court in 1926, the society was re-registered under a new name: Society “Council of Jewish Women of Latvia” (Ebreju sieviešu padome Latvijā) (Valdības Vēstnesis, 24 March 1926).

The society's aim was to provide material and moral support to those emigrating from Latvia and those temporarily residing in the country. It also operated a shelter with a reading room for migrants, a kindergarten, sewing courses, and Hebrew lessons. Additional assistance was offered to women, and the society maintained a shelter, courses, and lessons in languages, bookkeeping, and other subjects.

Over the years, members of the board and active participants included: Henrietta Mintz (Chairwoman), Brajna Raskina, Tsipe-Roche Bag, Dorothea Levi, Raisa Boguslavski, Rebekka Ginzburg, Raisa Levenstam, Zelma Mikhroch, Pesha Ravich, Dreize Zingel, Johanna-Anna Trager, Paula Shapiro, Hana Trotsky, Vita Vainberg, Mara Abramson, Vera Gordon, Eva Khrf, Brungilda Svitgal, Adele Vilenkin, Agnessa Nisse, Berta Pesis, Mari Fishman, Rosa Itzigson, Sofi Mintz, Ida Kron, Ester Meyer, Olga Ravich, Selma Kramer, Ida Halsman, Dr. Zhenia Levitan, Anna Teger, Dora Levi, Helena Schwarz, Cecilia Bag, Lesha Schwarz, Rachel Gotlib, Klara Garbel, Dr. Rudolf Blumenfeld, Vera Gordrn, Mora Abramson, and Adele Vilenkin.