1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AZpUJG2fUU"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/expansion-of-hias-work-decided-on-at-annual-meeting-of-organization-held-in-new-york">Expansion of HIAS Work Decided on at Annual Meeting of Organization Held in New York</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/expansion-of-hias-work-decided-on-at-annual-meeting-of-organization-held-in-new-york/embed#?secret=AZpUJG2fUU" width="600" height="338" title="“Expansion of HIAS Work Decided on at Annual Meeting of Organization Held in New York” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="AZpUJG2fUU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The continuation and expansion of the work of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, (HIAS) the agency of American Jewry which functioned with great usefulness during the great immigration period, and performed a great service to the Jewish immigrants during the emergency period following the World War was decided upon at the seventeenth annual […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315