The Jewish Colonisation Association is a Jewish philanthropic organization founded on September 11, 1891, by Baron Maurice de Hirsch. Originally established to facilitate the emigration and agricultur
Baron Maurice Hirsch
Colonia Avigdor in Entre Ríos, Argentina
Edmond de Rothschild with the British High Commissioner for Palestine Herbert Samuel, c.1920
The Palestine Jewish Colonization Association, commonly known by its Yiddish acronym PICA, was a Zionist organization established in 1924 to facilitate Jewish land purchase in Palestine and for establ
Jewish Colonisation Association
…In addition, it established an agricultural training farm at Sejera. The Palestine operation was restructured by Baron de Rothschild in 1924 as the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA), with his son James Armand de Rothschild appointed as life President. PICA transferred most of its properties to the State of Israel in 1957 and…
Members of PICA in Palestine, c.1920-1925