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(AMERICANA) “You Saved Them in 1917, Will You Let Them Starve Now?” Designed by Cozzy Gottsdanker for the American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War. 12 x 18 inches. Linen-backed. New York, 1918: Seeking to aid the impoverished Jews of Palestine and Eastern Europe following World War I, American Jewish relief groups united to create the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (commonly known as ‘The Joint.’). Seeking to aid the impoverished Jews of Palestine and Eastern Europe following World War I, American Jewish relief groups united to create the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (commonly known as ‘The Joint.’).