Agro-Joint Lantern Slides

JDC founded agricultural settlements and promoted an agrarian lifestyle for Russian Jewish families in the newly established Soviet Union with the creation of Agro-Joint in July 1924. Consequently, 70,000 Jews were resettled in the Ukraine and Crimea and taught to work the land and manage livestock in communally run settlements. Lantern slides represent a unique medium that paints a striking picture of JDC’s involvement during a pivotal moment in Jewish life in Eastern Europe. These hand painted transparencies provide an unfiltered look at life in the colonies of JDC’s Agro-Joint.