Each year, HIAS Executive Board members as well as members of various Committees and Sub-Committees convene to discuss the year’s financial status, track contributions to their cultural missions, resolve issues, and plan for the year(s) ahead in the form of Annual Meetings. Although these meetings may not seem that exciting from the outside, they serve as valuable roundtables for discussion, decision-making, and organizational networking.
Every year, just in time of the Annual Meeting, HIAS releases their Annual Report. These publications serve as handy take-aways, highlighting many of the topics discussed at the Annual Meeting as well as other entertaining articles and interviews.
Throughout our processing, we’ve had the pleasure of coming across many of HIAS’ Annual Reports and marveled at the impressive, creative art styles that were chosen to represent one year or another.
Below, we’ve selected some of our favorites. Please enjoy the artistic inventiveness of HIAS throughout the years!
Which year is your favorite? Let us know in the Comments section below!
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My personal favorite is 1949 – photo taken outside the HIAS building on Lafayette Street on Manhattan, in front of their beautiful stained glass window.
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Mine is 1946, a pivotal year after WWII for refugees after a terrible war. I love the stylized cover that looks a little Arthur Syzk-like. Also, the “HIAS Places the Displaced.”
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