The All-Russian Jewish Congress Vote Zionist Slate No. 6

Petrograd: M Pivovarsky, 1917. As issued.

. Very good; old folds with some minor separations; one minor tape reinforcement (appx. 1 inch) at the extreme margin of a fold.. Broadside. Three color lithography; meas. appx. 590 x 463 mm. The text is: . "Those who aspire to a free autonomous Jewish life in Russia, who demand that the Kehillah [Jewish Community Council] satisfy all of their needs, who believe in the strength of the Jewish people and their representatives at the Jewish Conference, Vote for the Zionist Slate No. 6."

Following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in February 1917, Russia's Jewish population saw new found hope (truncated) for the restoration of their rights and freedoms. The Provisional Russian Government quickly enacted many reforms, including the loosening of restrictions on the operations of the Zionist movement. Coupled with the Balfour Declaration released that year by the British government, which for the first time officially recognized the support for a Jewish homeland, the Russian Zionist movement quickly mobilized. The All-Russian Jewish Congress sought to harness the power of these events by forming a politically autonomous organization that would organize the Russian Jewish population and centralize their efforts for freedom and self-determination. Magnes Collection. (Inventory #: 21086)