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The Jewish Colonization Association (also known as the JCA or ICA) was established by philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch in 1891. The Jewish Colonization Association was initially created as an endowment fund to finance the resettlement of impoverished European Jews to farming colonies in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Palestine, Turkey and the United States. JCA's primary offices were in Paris with additional emigration bureaus stationed throughout Europe and Russia. JCA's main office relocated to London in 1949. JCA's mandate also encompassed the financing of agricultural and educational initiatives for Jews residing in Poland, Romania, Russia, and the Ukraine. Moreover, the organization founded a network of cooperative loan and savings banks (in addition to numerous commercial banks) designed for Jewish farmers and artisans in Russia. In the postwar period, JCA reoriented itself as a charitable foundation providing financial assistance (in the shape of project underwriting or loans) to Jewish communities in Argentina, Brazil, Britain, Belgium, France, Israel, Morocco, and Tunisia. In the 1990s JCA's primary directives involved supporting agricultural, educational, and charitable projects with specific emphasis on rural areas in Israel. (en-US)

Fonte

Wigoder, Geoffrey, editor in chief. New Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London; Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1994. 2 volumes. p. 759

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