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VOL XII. NO. 14

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST21,1922

J. D. C. STATEMENT J'
SHOWS ACTIVITIES
OF RELIEF ABROAD

Rabbi Judah L. Levin

Completes 25 Years of Service Here.

Work in Palestine Ranks With
That in Poland and Soviet
Russia.

MEDICO-SANITARY AID
CONTRIBUTED BY JOINT

Big Sums Appropriated for Re-

lief of Refugees and Or-
phans in Europe.

The Joint Distribution Committee
of the American funds for Jewish
war sufferers issued the following
statement this week showing how
contributions by American Jews are
helping sufferers in Palestine, Tur-
key, Roumania, Czecho - Slovakia,
Austria, Lithuania and Latvia:
The extent of the relief rendered
by the Joint Distribution Committee
in Palestine ranks second only to
that given to Poland and Russia. The
activities which are still being carried
on there include every form of relief
(tom emergency aid to th,
highly developed reconstructiv
urea.
About a year ago, when en
relief was discontinued in z..
tries where it was possible to place
our activities on a functional basis,
it was found practically impossible
to effect this transition in Palestine.
The country always had a large num-
ber of aged people, dependent for
support upon European philanthropy.
Now that the Jewish communities in
Europe have become impoverished,
these old people must look to Amer-
ica for support. It was, therefore,
found necessary to appropriate a
further sum of $17,000 for imme-
diate relief to cover the period from
April to September of this year.
Medico•Sanitary Aid.
The Joint Distribution Committee
has been contributing $12,500 per
month to the American Zionist Medi-
cal Unit organized jointly by it and
the Zionist Organization of America,
and which for the past five years has
maintained all the hospitals and dis-
pensaries in Palestine. This ar-
rangement will be continued until
November of this year, pending the
report of the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee's representative who has made
an investigation of the activities of
the unit. In addition to an appropri-
ation of $10,000 for six months has
been granted to the Shaarey Zedek
Hospital, one of the most important
institutions of its kind in
Arrangements have beer
mated whereby the Joint D
Committee is to work in
operation with the Palest
ernment in the vast pai.es....
campaign for the prevention of dis-
eases in that country. For the main-
tenance of the unit and laboratory
necessary to carry out the plan for a
period of two years, the sum of $70,-
000 has been appropriated.
Constructive Institutions.
Attempts at reconstruction were.
made in Palestine earlier than in
other countries. As far back as 1917
the Kupath Milveh, or Loan Funds,
which since its inception has granted
several thousand individual loans,
was organized by the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee. Recently a sum of
$40,000 was granted toward the
work of the Kupath Mi!yob.
The Palestine Bank, founded by
the Joint Distribution Committee in
co-operation with the Ica, Palestine
Development Company in America
and Palestine Economic Council in
London, is much wider in its scope
than even the Kupath Milveh; £50,-
000, the equivalent of $225,000, was
granted by the Joint Distribution
Committee as a loan to the bank, in
addition to which $2,000 is to be con-
tributed annually toward the salary
of the director of the bank.
The Rutenberg plan for the irriga-
tion and electrification of Palestine,
which has been endorsed by the Brit-
ish government, will receive
once from the Joint Distil
Committee. The committee has
iced $200,000 toward the f
of the plan,provided, among
things, that the total raised he not
less than $3,000,000, at least half of
which shall have been raised in coun-
tries other than America.
During the current year 2,700 or-
phans are being maintained by the
Joint Distribution Committee in Pal-
estine at a cost of $250,000.
Refugees in Turkey.
Since the revolution in Russia,
Constantinople has become the cen-
ter at which thousands of Jewish
refugees, fleeing from pogroms and
famine, have gathered. Some of these
refugees make Constantinople a stop-
over until they are able to proceed
to their ultimate destination, while
others are compelled to stay on in-
definitely, The Joint Distribution
Committee has saved thousands from
destruction by tiding them over until
they are able to become self-support-
ing. The Refugee Home, soup kitch-
ens and general relief are provided

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D troit Jewry this week shares in
the joy of a happy celebration by one
of the leading, most respected and best
loved figures of this country.
Rabbi Judah L. Levin, for years
head of the United Jewish Orthodox
Congregations of Detroit, just round-
ed out 25 years of active service as
spiritual leader and rabbi here, and
on the occasion of the silver jubilee of
his having functioned as preacher in
this city, his host of friends and ad-
mirers, whether members of his con-

TWELVE LIVES LOST
IN ORPHANAGE FIRE

Heroic Rescue Work Perform-
td by Jewish Monitors in
Quebec Home.

....ONTREAL.—Firemen searching
the smouldering ruins of the Jewish
Boys' Orphanage at Shawbridge, Que-
bec, which was destroyed by fire Into
Wednesday night, placed the number
of dead at 12.
Roll call was not answered by eight
of the 55 young orphans who were
inmates of the institution. In addi-
tion to these, Thomas Legault, the
caretaker, his wife and two children,
imprisoned by flames in lower rooms,
were burned to death.
Before the discovery of the fire,
flames had cut off the escape of the
orphans. They were marshaled quick-
ly in top rooms. The older boys
guarding, the younger made rope lad.
ders of bed sheets, Then, as the
flames crept through the corridors,
the little boys were let down first
from an outside balcony and later
their rescuers escaped by the same
route. It was said that there were
no fire escapes on the building.
C ker's Family Perishes.
Boys from a training school for
delinquents near by ran lines of hose
to the blazing building and aided vil-
lage firemen.
All the victims were sleeping in a
dormitory adjoining the rooms of the
caretaker, who perished with his en-
tire family. A number of little girls
-sso-'-oused in the orphanage but
raped without ill effects.
the monitors distinguished
- yes by their coolness, but two
s---Samuel Kaufman, aged 14,
and Joseph, 15—were the special
heroes.
Samuel had chrage of one group.
Checking up his charges, he found
one — Sidney Rosenbaum — miming.
Diving back into the flaming build-
ing, he found the little fellow still
asleep. Ile seized the lad and ran
out with him just as the flames swept
over the bed.
Weeps for Dead.
Risking his life, Joseph Kaufman
stuck in the blazing hall until he had
got out all but four of his little band.
Then he sat down and cried for their
loss.
Another little hero was Joseph
Shapiro, aged 13, The flames had
almost reached the bed of his 7-year-
old brother, Bernard, when he ran
into the dormitory nad carried him
out in a blanket.
Two other victims were brothers,
Isidor White, aged 10, and Samuel, 9.
Their father was to have visited them
the night of the fire, but missed the
evening train. He arrived in the
morning, still ignorant of the tragedy.

gregation or not, extend to him their
heartiest congeatulations for continu-
e service for his people.
abbi Levin was born on April 6,
062, in Trab, province of Vilna. His
father, Rabbi Nahum Phineas, was a
landowny lit of Trab who, although he
had the abbinical degree, contented
himself with attending to his business
and refused to accept the many offers
received from pulpits in Russia.
Rabbi Levin received his Nachman.
cal education at the home of an uncle,
and in the town of Sohl he gained his
first reputation as a Talmudic scholar
of note. At the age of lit, he became
a student in the Yeshivah (Rabbinical
Seminary,' of Volozhin, Russia, under
the tutelage of the well-known Rabbi
H. L. Berlin, the head of the Yeshi-
vah. In two years he received his full
rabbinical diploma from this institu-
tion.
Becomes Rabbi of Leskeveh.
At the age of 20, Rabbi Levin mar-
ried Esther Rhoda Levin, daughter
of Rabbi Isaac Levin of Trab. After
his marriage he took a post-graduate
Course under the renowned Rabbi
saac Elcanan Spektor, receiving an
dditional diploma with honor, Which
rocured for him the position pf Rab-
i at Leskeveh, province of Sulvalk in
Russia.
After spending four years in his
first pulpit, Rabbi Levin came to this
country and, upon the recommenda-
tion of Rabbi Jacob Joseph, the chief
rabbi of New York, became rabbi of
Rochester, N. Y. The order of things
in the Jewish community of Rochester
today are directly traceable to the ef-
forts of the young rabbi whose energy
and ability as aspiritual guide won
for him wide recognition.
Rabbi Levin spent only two years
at Rochester, returning to Russia to
fill the pulpit at Krewe, near Volozhin.
Ile soon returned to America, how-
ever, prompted by his belief that the
future of the Jewish people lay on this
continent and that the Zionist ideal,
of which he was an ardent follower,
can he more easily realized with the
help of the United States.
Called to Detroit in 1697.
The New Haven, Conn., Jewish com-
munity was then in a chaotic condition
and at the advice of Rabbi Jacob Ja-
cob Joseph, Rabbi Levin accepted the
rabbinate of the New Haven congre-
gations. Order and system was soon
established in that community through
his efforts. A Talmud Torah was
founded to care for the Hebrew edu-
cation of the Jewish youth. The next
step was the founding of a permanent
organization of Kashruth for the ob-
servance of the Jewish dietary laws.
At the end of the fourth year at
New Haven, Rabbi Levin was called
to Detroit by the United Jewish Or-
thodox Congregations, comprising the
congregations Shaarey Zedek, Beth
Jacob and B'nai Israel. His activities
in this city, that culminate this week
in 25 years of service for the Detroit
Jewish community, began in the He-
brew month of Ellul, corresponding to
August, of 1097.
During the first years of his stay in
Detroit, Rabbi Levin succeeded in
strengthening the Agudas Hakehilos,
the organization of the various Jew-
ish groups and congregations, and all
his activities centered around the Ke-
hillah idea.
Talmud Torah Founded.
Among his first activities was the
agitation for a Hebrew school, and the
Division street Talmud Torah was the

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"CONTINUE TO AID YOUR
DETROITERS FAST IN
RELATIVES IN RUSSIA I"
PROTEST OF SOVIETS
PYTHIANS TO HOLD
IS DR. NANSEN'S APPEAL
JEWISH PERSECUTIONS
INITIATION TUESDAY

GENEVA.—(J. T. A.)—Dr. Frid-
jhof Nansen, chairman of the League
of Nations Relief Commission, has is-
sued an appeal urging that all persons
who are today aiding their relatives
in Russia by sending food packages
continue to do an even if the situation
in Russia be somewhat improved by
the next crop. Russia will not have
sufficient food, in spite of the new crop
until the next year, says Dr. Nansen.
The situation will be especially seri-
ous in the towns. Dr. Nansen's repre-
sentatives in Russia report that the
transportation system is considerably
Improved, packages arriving in good
time and thousands or receipts reach-
ing Geneva daily, with expressions of
gratitude.

Detroit Lodge No. 55, Knights of
Pythias, will initiate a clam of ap-
proximately 76 candidates in the page
rank of the order at its new castle
hall, 3153 Cam avenue, on Tuesday,
Aug. 29, at 7:30 p. m. This class
will be known as the Van De Walker
class, in honor of Past Grand Chan-
cellor Van De Walker.
Officers of the grand lodge will
have charge of the initiation and will
present the "Lesson of Friendship."
The initiation will be followed by
smoker and entertainment. An In-
formal reception will be tendered the
retiring grand chancellor. Members
of all Pythian lodges are invited to
attend.

Speaking on Saturday mornnig last
at the Mogen Abraham Synagogue,
Rabbi J. L. Levin declared the twen-
ty-ninth day of Ab (Aug. 23) a vol-
untary fast day against the persecu-
tion of the Jewish religion in Soviet
Russia. From those who did not de-
sire to fast on that day, Rabbi Levin
asked for "Pidyon," or money pay-
ment in lieu of the fast, to go for
whatever cause they desired. Many
people fasted on that day in response
to the rabbi's proclamation. Similar
proclamations were issued by the
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of Amer-
ica, following action taken by the
Warsaw and Vilna Rabbinical Asso-
ciations.

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J. D. C. Combatting CHUR CHILL ANSWERS Asks Non-Zionists
A TTACK ON MANDATE
Russ Anti-Semitism
to Help Movement

James N. Rosenberg Tells of
Important Work Done by
Jewish Relief Abroad,

NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—"Stu-
pendous as the work of the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee is in Russia,
reaching into the very heart of this
vast country, I hope that the most
far-reaching phase of the work will
turn out to have been the develop-
ment of less unhappy surroundings
and living conditions for the Jews
in the Ukraine and White Russia,
and the abolishment of whatever
anti-Semitism or ill-feleing might
have existed among the non-Jewish
population against the Jews in the
Ukraine and White Russia," declared
James N. Rosenb$rg, who recently
returned from Europe after 10
months service as the European di-
rector of the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee, to a representative of the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
"Every feeding station in the Uk-
raine," continued Mr. Rosenberg, "by
this time contains a placard reading
'Supported by the American Jewish
Jonti Distribution Committee."
American and Jewish.
"When the arrangements for all
this work were made, Lewis L.
Strauss, acting chairman of the Rus-
sian committee of the J. D. C.
stressed the importance of having all
the people in the Ukraine, Jew or
Gentile, know what American Jewry
is doing, and therefore when we ask-
ed that placards be printed, not say-
ing 'Supported by the Joint Distribu-
tion Commitee,' but saying 'Support-
ed by the American Jewish Joint Dis-
tribution Committee,' the American
Relief Administration gave its con-
sent. We place a real hope in those
two words, 'American' and 'Jewish.'
"The Joint Distribution Committee
has already contrbiuted $1,500,000
for the child feeding program, $750,-
000 for the adult feeding program in
the Ukraine, and • new agreement
has just been concluded for extend-
ing the work, the details of which
will shortly be published. The entire
work is non-sectarian. The Ameri-
can Relief Administration has con-
tributed about a like amount in sup-
flies, medicaments, etc. The best esti-
mates are that about 50 per cent of
the total amount contributed for this
relief reach the Jewish sufferers.
Thus all pr nearly all of the moneys
furnished by the J. D. C. will reach
Jewish sufferers. But more impor-
tant than this, the whole work is done
on a non-sectarian basis, so that all
sufferers, whatever their religion, re-
ceive Succor.
The Medical Program.
"The immediate relief job (famine
relief) will soon be finished, but the
urban population is in a state of ex-
treme suffering, and the feeding pro-
gram, especially for children, will
continue to be an important one for
another year. More important from
the view of ultimate constructive
benefit is the medical program in the
Ukraine as well as elsewhere in Rus-
sia, now actively conducted by the
A. R. A. and in which the J. D. C. is
taking an active part. This work in-
eludes such activities as the restora-
tion of the water supply system in
Odessa, the building of delousing
stations, the better development of
sanitation, etc.
"We must recognize that the prob-
lem of helping the Jews in Central
Europe, and particularly in the Uk-
raine, is not merely a problem of
feeding or of economic help or of
sanitation. It has a bigger aspect.
We must try to a:.1 our fellow Jews
in these countries to have a happier
position there, so that the terror of
pogroms under which they have lived
for the last five years may be as-
suaged, and I venture to express the
hope that the wide publication to the
entire population in the Ukraine of
the fact that the American Jewry is
helping all people, Jew and Gentile,
may serve some useful purpose in
softening these ancient hatred. What
a fearful thing it most be for a father
to look upon his wife and children
and daily to tremble lest pogroms
wipe out his family. The task of try-
ing to give the Jews in the Ukraine
living conditions where this sort of
terror may be lifted from their heads
is perhaps even more important than
any other problem that faces us."

Warns Lord Islington Not to Circu-
late Memorandum in Palestine.

LONDON.—(J. C. B.) — Winston
Churchill, Colonial Secretary, has re-
plied to Lord Islington's memoran-
dum against the Palestine mandate
which was submitted to the Colonial
Office with the signatures of 45 peers
and 54 members of the House of
Commons. The Colonial Secretary
says:
"If your memorandum will be cir-
culated in Palestine as a manifesto
of British lords and members of l'ar-
liament, the Arabs, ignorant of Brit-
ish politics, will be encouraged to be-
lieve that His Majesty's government
is not supported by Parliament in its
Palestine policy. They will believe
it may change any moment. The con-
sequences of an impression like that
would be serious. Under these cir-
cumstances, by endeavoring to frus-
trate the course the government has
so definitely embarged on, you are
burdening yourselves with a great re-
sponsibility.
"It cannot be doubted that the ac-
tivities of persons in England who
are opposed to the government policy
have added sensibly to our difficul-
ties in I'alestine. Your attitude will
not in the slightest degree alter the
policy of the government but will
prolong and aggravate the conditions
of uncertainty and unrest in Pales-
tine and encourage false hopes which
may provoke outbreaks, not only
against the British colonies, but
against the British government it-
self."

NO CHANGE IN RULE
OF NEW PALESTINE

Sir Herbert Samuel Explains
Existing Conditions in the
Holy Land.

JERUSALEM. — (J. T. A.) — Sir
Herbert Samuel, High Commissioner
for Palestine, in a statement issued
at the meeting of the Advisory Coun-
cil, made the following declaration
explaining the situation of Palestine:
"I have returned to Palestine to
find that the confirmation of the Pal-
estine mandate by the League of Na-
tions is giving rise to a remarkable
series of false rumors, which have
been spread among the people. It
has once more been asserted that the
Moslem possession of the Mosque Al-
Aqsa and the Maram Esh-Sharif is
threatened, and representatives have
been sent to Mecca to defend Mos-
lem rights. It is not necessary to go
to so much trouble to repel an attack
which no one has made or will make.
The Moslem possession of the Haram
Esh-Sharif is absolutely guaranteed,
not only by the declaration of the
Britishgovernment, but by Article
13 of the mandate itself. The man-
date, so far from threatening, is an
additional protection, if such were
needed, of the existing rights of each
community to its holy places.
Fantastic Stories.
"It is rumored also that on the
passage of the mandate the British
flags over the governorates will be
replaced by Zionist flags; the govern-
, ment of the country will be transfer-
red to the Zionist Organization, and
3(1,000 Jews will immediately enter
'the country to occupy it. I am not
so much surprised that mischief mak-
res should spread fantastic stories of
this character as I am that any sane
human being should believe them.
te, I am assured that so credulous
are sections of the population of this
country that there are many indi-
' viduals who really believe that events
Fuel as these will happen.
"The approval of the mandate will
make no difference whatever in the
present administration of the coun-
try, or in the laws relating to immi-
gration. It will, however, be followed
by the enactment of a constitution
which will provide for the establish-
ment of a legislative assembly con-
taining a majority of members freely
elected by the people. The drawing
up of the list of voters will begin as
soon as the constitution is promul-
gated, and when that is completed-
, it must necessarily take some time—
the election will take place. It is
proposed that one-half of the elected
ARRANGEMENTS READY
members of the assembly shall con-
stitute
special committee to co-
FOR RALLY OF I. 0. B. B. operate a with
the government in su-
pervising the administration of the
Rev. Healy to Address Get-Together laws relating to immigration. In this
connection, I would mention that the
Meeting on September 11.
• further restrictions upon immigra-
tion which were applied some time
Arrangements are now being corn- ago owing to a considerable amount
pleted for the general get-together of of unemployment existing in the
Pisgah Lodge No. 14, I. 0. B. B., to country, are now having their full
be held on Monday evening, Sept. 11, effect. In the month of June the
at the B'nai B'rith clubrooms.
total number of immigrants into Pal-
The principal speaker at the rally
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will be the Rev. Healy, who is among
the best known speakers in Detroit.
Motion pictures and other entertain-
ment numbers will feature the pro- HOLD CONSECRATION OF
gram. There will also be smokes nad
CLOVER HILL MEMORIAL
refreshments. The affair will be for
CHAPEL SEPTEMBER 17
members of Pisgah Lodge only.
The last meeting of Pisgah Lodge
was addressed by Sol Blumrosen, who
The consecration of the memorial
spoke on "Jewish Leadership." Mr. chapel of Clover Hill Park Cemetery
Blumrosen urged a house-cleaning will be held Sunday, Sept. 17, at 2
among the Jews, declaring that the p. m. (twenty-fourth day of Elul,
Jews are blamed for actions of in- 5882). Appropriate services for the
diviudals. Mr. Blumrosen's address occasion will be held on that day.
was delivered before a joint meeting
The chapel, built of solid stone, is
of Pisgah Lodge and the Ladies' one of the most modern in the city
Auxiliary.
and adds to the beauty of the ceme-
The next meeting of the board of tery. It is composed of many rooms,
directors of the Cleveland Orphan with • special mourners' room and •
Asylum, supported by the B'nal room for caring for out-of-town
B'rith, will be held in Detroit the cases. The Chevra Kadishe fitted up
second or third Sunday in October.
• special room for their work, fin-
ished in white enamel with terrazo
floor. The inside woodwork of the
4,399 JEWS ENTERED
chapel ie of silver gray finish.
One of the main features of the
PALESTINE IN 1922 chapel
is the memorial bronze tablet
with its 200 names of donors as well
LONDON.—(J. C. B.)—The total as the name in whose memory the
number of Jewish immigrants who en donation is given, in testimonial of
term! Palestine during the first six love to those who have been called
months of the current year was 4399, to the Great Beyond "because man
viz. 2,101 men, 1,271 women and 1,027 goes to his Long Home but is not
children.
forgotten."

COL. LEHMAN CALLS
FOR IMMEDIATE AID
Peter Schweitzer Advocates
FOR RUSSIAN JEWRY
Removal of Keren Dayesod

Office To Palestine.

NEW YORK.—Declaring that the
ratification of the Palestine mandate
should have the effect of wiping out
the distinction between Zionists and
non-Zionists, and that the Palestine
foundation Fund was the instrument
which both could employ for the re-
building of Palestine, Peter J.
Schweitzer, chairman of the national
a dministration of the Keren Ilayesoil
in America, before sailing on the
Nlauretania for Carlsbad, announced
that the doors of the Keren Ilayesod
were wide open to all Jews, and that
all who had the cause of Palestine at
heart were welcome to come in and
share the privileged responsibilities
of labor and leadership. Mr. Schweit-
zer was very emphatic in his opinion
that the iatedquarters and central ad-
ministration of the Keren Ilayesod
should be removed to Palestine from
London, where they are now located.
He maintained that this step was par-
ticularly advisable in view of the final
ratification of the mandate.
"The Keren Hayesod in America,"
he said, is justified in pointing with
pride to its record of the past year.
Established as it was at a time of
heated controversy of which it was
the objective, it had to surmount en-
ormous difficulties and obstacles.
Some of these difficulties were due to
the fact that it was a new institution
in Jewish life in America and that it
had to organize itself almost over-
night. It encountered obstacles in
the attitude of unreasoning animosity
and carping criticism which was as-
sumed by some who should have been
its staunchest friends. It is gratify-
ing to note that some of the latter
have already become its friends, and
that more will jjoin the ranks as time
goes on and the Keren Ilayesod
demonstrates its power and efficiency.
After a year of unremitting effort,
the difficulties and obstacles were
overcome and over $5,000,000 was
raised, of which more than $2,000,-
000 was in cash.
U. S. Jews the Leaders.
"The significance of this achieve-
ment becomes evident when a mo-
ment's thought is given to the funda-
mental institutions and activities in
l'alestine which these funds are keep-
ing alive. Were it not for the Keren
Ilayesod, it is alarming to think of
what would become of the immigra-
tion work in Palestine, the work of
colonization, the educational system,
the medical service and sanitation,
not to speak of the promotion of con-
struction generally. The Jews of
America, who have been the principal
contributors to the fund, will go
down in history as the foremost of
the builders of Eretz Yisroel.
"The ratification of the Palestine
mandate," Mr. Schweitzer continued,
"puts the seal of finality on our po-
litical sapirations. Henceforth no
Jew worthy of the name will abstain
from bearing his share in the respon-
sibility which rests upon the whole
Jewish people. The means of meet-
nig this responsibility is the Keren
Ilayesod. Its program is the recon-
struction of l'alestine into the Jewish
homeland, and nothing else. Let all
those to whom this cause is scared
come in nad participate in the bur-
dens and the honors.
Palestine
Headquarters.
"I am particularly glad that at the
annual conference of the World Zion-
ist Organization in Carlsbad I shall
have the opportunity of advocating
the removal of the central adminis-
tration of the Koren Ilayesod to l'al-
estine, and .I hope that this proposal
will be accepted. I see no reason
why it should be located anywhere
else, and to my mind every reason
indicates that it should be located in
the theater of its activities."
Mr. Schweitzer, besides being the
administraitve head of the Keren
Ilayesoil in America, is also a mem-
ber of the financial and economic
committee of the Zionist Executive.
Ile is on his way to Carlsbad as a
delegate to the annual conference
from the Zionist Organization of
America. Mr. Schweitzer has won his
position in Zionist affairs not only
through his exemplary generosity as
a subscriber to Zionist furids and in-
stitutions, but also by his personal
devotion to the cause in various ca-
pacities.

RABBI KASIER APPEALS
FOR ORPHAN INSTITUTION

Asks for Detroit Jewish Support for

Nicotine Asylum.

Rabbi B. Kasier, Michigan repro-
seatstive of the General Orphan
Asylum of Gallilee, Palestine, is in
Detroit for a four weeks' stay in the
interest of the Holy Land institution.
Rabbi Kasier has so far delivered
addresses in 10 local Orthodox syna-
gogues. In his appeal for the insti-
tutions he represents, he pointed not
that the asylum is handicaped by a
lack of funds, revenue having been
cut off from sources that previously
supported it. lie declared that the
discontinuance of the Chalukah fund
has handicapped the institution to an
extent that it has to send representa-
tives to American Jews to request
support.
The Gallilee Aid Society, of which
the orphan asylum is a part, supports
the General Orphan Asylum in Saf-
fed, the public kitchen in Seed, a
public kitchen in Tiberias and the
immigrant home in Haifa. The so-
ciety cares for more than 300 or-
phans, about 200 widows and 90 old
men. Eighty-eight orphans are be-
ing taught trades.
Rabbi Judah L. Levin is in charge
of the collections for the society from
local Jews and an appeal Issued by
Rabbi Kasier urges Detroit Jews to
send their contributions to him. All
funds collected go direct to Palestine.
The society has the endorsement of
leading British officials in Palestine,
Sir Herbert Samuel, the High Com-
missioner, and leading rabbis in this
and other countries.

Says Relief of Starving Mil-
lions Is Imperative Duty of
American Jews.

PROGRESS OF EUROPEAN
ACTIVITIES IS DESCRIBED

Work Called Satisfactory, But

Task in Russia Called Big-
gest Problem.

NEW YORK.—Relief of the starv-
ing Jewish millions in Russia is the
imperative duty of the Jews of this
country, according to Col. Herbert
H. Lehman, vice-chairman of the
Joint 11istribution Committee, who
has just returned from Europe.
Although Colonel Lehman, whose
knowledge and experience as one of
the foremost bankers of New York
has been of great value in the enor-
mous task of rehabilitating European
Jewry with funds contributed by
their American brethren did not go
abroad in his official capacity, he de-
voted considerable time to studying
the progress of the Joint Distribution
Committee's work in Europe, with
special reference to the task of the
reconstruction committee, of which
he is chairman.
"We have not permitted things to
drag. Several hundred thousand dol-
lars have already been loaned out
and we are making especially fine
progress in Congress Poland, in Ga-
licia, in Bialystok, notwithstanding
we have not yet been able to secure
the legalization of the Central Loan
Bank," he said.
Co-Operate With Ica.
"One of the most eatisfaetery ar-
rangements that we have made has
been in affecting a close co-operation
with the Jewish Colonization Associa-
tion (Ica), which has joined us in
making loans to co-operative socie-
ties and credit unions."
The leading feature of this agree-
ment is the provision that the Ica,
which negotiated the matter with
Colonel Lehman, will provide money
to all co-opertaive credit institutions
created in Poland in amounts equal
to that provided by the Joint Distri-
bution Committee.
The effect of this arrangement is
doubling the resources of the co-oper-
atives and making it possible for
them to operate on a broader scale.
"Nearly one-half has already been
spent of the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee's appropriation of $200,000 to
help rebuild Jewish homes in Brest-
Litowsk, which suffered such terrible
devastation, perhaps the worst of any
city in that section," said Colonel
Lehman.
But • Drop in Bucket.
"But this, as well as all that we
have done," he emphasized, "is but
a drop in the bucket compared to the
terrible need which can be alleviated
only by the continued generosity of
the Jews of this country." It serves,
however, as an example to all Poland
of the best method of reconstruction
and to relieve the worst phases of the
terrible situation.
"The reconstruction cominittee has
entered into another agreement With
the Ica by which the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee is spending $50,000
to equip trade schools for the Jewish
youth in Poland. The Ica has under-
taken to maintain these schools for
a period of three years. The recon-
struction committee has also set aside
$100,000 for loans to the Jewish
farmers of the Ukraine, to enable
them to obtain seed, horses and ag-
ricultural machinery, and we are giv-
ing the Ort our closest co-operation
in its Work among the Jewish eels-
hies of that country.
Work of L. G. Robinson.
"In Roumania there is very satis-
factory progress. We are paying
over to the Wiederaufbau Gesell-
schaft an additional grant of $100,-
000 and a like sum to the syndicate
co-operatives. We have made initial
payments to the Committee of Re-
construction in Lithuania and Latvia.
The work of Leonard G. Robinson,
who, as you know, is an expert on
the subject of co-operatives, and who
gave up the presidency of a bank in
New York to help his suffering Eu-
ropean brethren, is excellent. He is
very capable and energetic and tre-
mendously interested in his task,
which he is performing from the
American standpoint, plus a great
sympathy with the East European
Jewish psychology.
" I regret very much that Alexan-
der Landesco, who did such splendid
work for the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee, has had to relinquish his ef-
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I.0. B. B. MIDSUMMER
DANCE PROCEEDS GO
FOR CHARITY CAUSE

"Something new" will be the mid-
summer dance of the Ladies' Auxili-
ary to Pisgah Lodge No. 34, I. 0. B.
B., to be held at the Graysone Ball-
room on Sunday, Aug. 27, from 3:30
p. tn. to 1 a. m. Pasternacki and Ru-
benstein's orchestras will combine
with the Graystone orchestra to fur-
nish music during the dance.
Mrs. Harry Fleishman, president of
the auxiliary, said that, though the
youngest Jewish women's organiza-
tion in Detroit from the standpoint
of existence, the Ladies' Auxiliary to
Pisgah Lodge points to • proud rec-
ord in charitable work, for which it
has become noted in the short period
of its active existence.
Mrs. Fleishman said that funds for
the organization's activities in charity
have been exhausted and that the
proceeds of the midsummer dance will
be devoted to the aid of those in
need.
The committee in charge of the
dance consists of Mrs. Fleishman,
Mrs. Louis Rubenstein, Mrs. Abe
Ackerman and Mrs. Zen Gould,