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Banner

Object number2017.144.3

Datec. 1970

MediumFabric; Paint; Brass

Credit LineGift of Malke Frank

DescriptionRectangular golden yellow fabric banner. Front has black text with organizational information. The proper left end of the banner has a black oval with golden yellow symbol inside. Top and proper left edges have white fabric trim with eight brass grommets along top and one brass grommet in the bottom proper left corner. Bottom of banner has cream-colored trim and fringe. The banner has been modified to obscure some of the original text and decoration.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 154 × 38.125 × 0.375 in. (391.2 × 96.8 × 1 cm)
InscriptionsFront has black text "NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR LABOR ISRAEL / ISRAEL HISTADRUT CAMPAIGN".

Reverse of banner shows the original black and red text: "50th / NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR LABOR ISRAEL / 50th ANNIVERSARY / ISRAEL HISTADRUT CAMPAIGN / A GOLDEN RECORD OF HUMAN ENTERPRISE".
Historical NotesNational Committee for Labor Israel, Israel Campaign banner. From the collection of Edward and Sylvia Steinfeld . Histadrut is the central association of trade unions in Israel. It was founded in Haifa, Israel in 1920 to centralize labor activities and welfare efforts for Jewish workers. Affiliate councils formed in Jewish communities around the United States to assist in fundraising activities, particularly through “Israel Campaigns.” The Steinfeld family was active in one of those affiliate councils in Pittsburgh. Edward “Eddie” Steinfeld (c.1915-1990) was a local entertainer and Jewish communal activist. He was known as an actor in performances at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, in local television commercial and independent movies, and in newspaper advertisements. He was a leader of the local Yiddish theatre movement and the founder and executive director of the Hartwood Theatre on the Green at Hartwood Acres park. He was a founding member of the local branch of Poale Zion (“Workers of Zion”), an international Labor Zionist organization. He was director of the Israel Histadrut campaign in Pittsburgh from 1965-1980 and was chairman of the Labor Zionist Educational Center. His wife Sylvia Steinfeld (d. 1974) was also active in Zionist activities in the Pittsburgh region from an early age. After her death, her family established the “Sylvia Steinfeld Memorial Room” at the Histadrut-Pittsburgh Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel. Edward and Sylvia Steinfeld had one child, Malke Steinfeld Frank, who is the donor.

Related institution Israel Histadrut

Previous owner Edward Steinfeld (died 1990)

Previous owner Sylvia Steinfeld (died 1974)

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