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MICHIGAN'S JEWISH IIOME PUBLICATION
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 192

VOL. XIII. NO. 9

APPEALS BY DETROIT JEWISH LEADERS
CALL UPON COMMUNITY TO HELP RAISE

5150,000 QUOTA TO BUILD PALESTINE

Robert Marwil, Chairman of Trades and Professions Divsiion,
C. Its on All to Respond t Heartrending Cry of
European Jewry.

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URGES DETROIT JEWS TO HELP BUILD CONCRETE
AND PERMANENT HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE

Abraham Srere, Joseph H. Ehrlich, J. Friedberg, J. Miller,
Officers of Detroit Keren Hayesod, and Others,
Issue Campaign Statements.

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Detroit Jewry will be approached during the coming week,
beginning on Sunday evening, Jan. 28, at the banquet at the
Hotel Statler, with the request that it give the sum of $150,000
toward the Keren Ilayesod, the fund which is to lay the
foundation for the rebuilding of Palestine as the homeland for

the Jewish people.
With all the necessary arrangements completed for the
great campaign, workers in the drive, members of every ele-
ment of local Jewry, feel confident that Detroit Jews will re-
spond nobly as they have in the past by giving liberally to the
fund that is all-important in the great task for Israel's

liberation.
Robert Marwil, chairman of the trades and professions divi-
don, whose drive precedes the city-wide district campaign, in a
statement on the eve of the opening of the campaign, issued a

ROBERT MARWIL,
Chairman Trades and Professions
Division.

serve as an example to the
country at large in the drive for
Palestine.
Abraham Srere, president of
the Detroit Keren Hayesod, in
a statement to the community,
also pointed out that the task
of raising the funds for Pales-
tine's reconstruction devolves
largely upon American Jews,
and "depends largely on their
liberality, the soundness and
depth of their Jewish spirit as
to whether or not Zionism will
be a success. Mr. Srere said:
"Every Jew, regardless of
his station in life, his occupa-
tion or precise theological
thought, has within him the
Jewish spirit. In many it is
active, in others it is dormant,
but nevertheless it exists, and
it always comes to the surface
at the time of a Jewish crisis.
The call to the Jew at a time

plea to all Jews to do their full
share in the great task that
confronts the Jewish people to-
day.
The responsibility particu-
larly lies on the shoulders of
the American," said Mr. Mar-
wil, "because he emerged from
the recent world drama the
most fortunate of all Jews the
world over. Our fellow Jews
in European and other war-
stricken countries are crying to
us for help, to be taken from
the land of bondage to the
Promised Land of Israel's lib-
eration. Surely, liberal Ameri-
can Jewry will not fail to heed
this heart-rending cry, but will
respond nobly and liberally, as
befits a great and prosperous
people."
Mr. Marwil also expressed
the hope that the response to
be made by local Jews will

Help restore the land withoJ
people to the people without a
by contributing to Detroit's $150,000
quota for the Keren Hayesod, the
Palestine Foundation Fund.
Campaign Starts Sunday Eve-
ning, January 28.

of crisis unfailingly calls forth
this spirit and fans it to a
strong patriotism. At the
present time an actual crisis
exists. The Keren Ilayesod
must have money to carry
through its work successfully,
and upon the results of its
work depends the success of
Zionism. Right now the Keren
Hayesod needs your help as
never before.
"During the week of Jan. 28,
the Keren Ilayesod will make
a drive for money to carry out
the work outlined and workers
will endeavor to visit every
Jew in the community. Should

ALVIN D. HERSCH,
Vice.Chairman Trades and Profes-
sions Division.

that "an ideal to be worth vice-chairman. The division is
while must complete itself in divided into five groups, with
action," and points out that the the following majors and cap-
2,000 year old ideal of the Jew- tains in charge:
Division I.
ish people is in process of real-
Louis Stoll and David Zemon,
ization now and will be com-
pleted with the action of the majors.
Nathan Steingold, Henry
Jews of Detroit and the rest of
Meyers, M. H. Zackheim, Mor-
the country.
ris Garvett, S. Goldman and
J. Miller, secretary of the
Abe Cooper, captains.
campaign committee, urges De-
Division II.
troit Jews to pay Maaser. He
Ira Cohen, major.
says: "Let us unite our efforts
Milton Gordon, Alfred Stone
to build up the land of our fore-
and Jacob Kaufman, captains.
fathers so that those who come
Division III.
there may develop the country
A. J. Koffman and Louis
into a real Jewish Homeland
Robinson, majors.
where true Jewish ideals and
Jewish culture will flourish."
The campaign here has the
support of all elements here
and the general expression of
opinion is that no Jew has the
right to withhold his support
from Palestine.
The trades and professions
will be canvassed first during
the week of Jan. 28, this to be
followed by a drive for the can-
vassing of synagogue and or -
ganization memberships and
by a house-to-house canvass.
The trades and professions
division is headed by Mr. Mar-
wil and Alvin D. liersch is the

BANQUET SPEAKERS

FROM THE TEXT OF THE PALESTINE
MANDATE

THE COUNCIL OF THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
* * *

WHEREAS . . . the High Contracting
parties . . . agreed that the Mandatory
should be responsible for putting into effect
the declaration originally made on Nov. 2,
1917, by the Government of His Britannic
Majesty, and adopted by the other Allied
Powers, in favor of the establishment in
Palestine of a national home for the Jewish
People. . . .
WHEREAS recognition has thereby
been given to the historical connection of
the Jewish people with Palestine and to the
grounds for reconstituting their National
Home in that country;
* * *

ish claims to Palestine.
At the banquet which opened the campaign in Cleveland
last week, Senator Spencer, as the principal speaker, delivered
one of the most eloquent ad-
dresses endorsing the Keren
Ilayesod, and his plea was an-
swered with a $50,000 contri-
bution to the fund by those
present.
Mr. Harris is one of the lead-
ers of the Zionist movement in
the country and is prominent in
all communal affairs in Boston.
Ile is a member of the national
executive committee of the
Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica and has been a conspicuous
figure in all the recent conven-
tions of the organization. Ile
is a Zionist of long standing,
having attended the Seventh
Zionist Congress in Basle in
1905.
Mr. Harris is a forceful
speaker and has been closely
connected with the political as-
pects of the movement in the
United States. He is a lawyer
ABRAHAM SRERE,

President Detroit Koren Hayesod.

tee in the last Boston campaign
for the Keren Hayesod and
contributed materially to the
success of the campaign.

Although the first gun in the
campaign will be fired at the
banquet, the workers in the
campaign have already had
their thrills when, at recent
meetings, members from
among their own ranks made
big contributions towards the
fund.

At a meeting of a handful of
workers held Sunday afternoon
at the Shaarey Zedek, a sum
exceeding $12,000 was an-
nounced subscribed by a num-
ber of people.

Workers will appeal to the
pride of Detroit Jewry in the
present campaign. Those who
JOSEPH H. EHRLICH,
have made contributions pre-
Vice•Chairman Detroit Koren
viously will be asked to double
Hayseed.
them, and those who have not
with an extensive practice. An yet subscribed will be asked
indefatigable worker, he was to do their full share for
chairman of the office commit- Palestine.

J. MILLER,
Campaign Secretary.

J. FRIEDBERG,
f Campaign.

Alec M. Spater, Sol Perlman,
Dr. P. Broudo, Dr. H. Gold-
stick and Dr. P. M. Bernstein,
captains.

a worker fail to call on you,
send in your contribution any-
way and thus demonstrate your
interest in Judaism."

SENATOR SELDEN P. SPENCER

HEREBY APPROVES THE TERMS OF THE
SAID MANDATE AS FOLLOWS:
* * *

Article 4. — An appropriate Jewish
agency shall be recognized as a public body,
to acsist and take part in the development
of the country.
The Zionist Organization . . . shall be
recognized as such agency. It shall take
stops in consultation with His Britannic
Majesty's Government to secure the co-
operation of all Jews who are willing to
assist in the establishment of the Jewish na-
tional home. at London the 24th day of July, 1922.

Made

DAVID R. STOCKER

A. J. KOFFMAN

J. Friedberg, treasurer of
the local campaign committee,
declares in a statement that he
is happy to see all Jews united
in the cause of the Palestine
Foundation Fund. He urges
every Jew to subscribe to the
fund for the foundation of 16.
new life for Israel.
Joseph H. Ehrlich, vice-
chairman of the Detroit Keren
Hayesod, says in a statement

ISAAC HARRIS

Division IV.
Seymour Franklin and Mark
Jacobson, majors.
Moe Ehrlich, Louis Dann,
Ben Ginsburg and H. M.
Greenberg, captains.
Division V.
A. Srere and David R. Stock-
er, majors.
Robert Loewenberg, Jack
Loewenberg, Mark H. Birn-
krant and Morris Robinson,
captains.

WHAT IS MAASER?

Maaser is the ancient Jewish tithe or tax
on income. It is as old as the Jewish people.
In the past, its purpose was to provide the
means with which to maintain the Jewish
national institutions and the Jewish Kehillas
(communities) ; in the present, its purpose
is to provide the means with which to rebuild
the Jewish National Home in Palestine.
Every Jew in the United States is mor-
ally obligated to pay minimum Maaser in •
accordance with the scale regularly fixed
and adopted.
The instrument which gathers Maaser
and utilizes it for rebuilding Palestine is the
Palestine Foundation Fund (Keren Haye-
sod).
HOW TO PAY MAASER
Minimum Payments on Annual Incomes.
On incomes $2,000 or less (minimum) $ 25
On incomes between $2,000 and $3,
50
000 (minimum)
On incomes between $3,000 and $4,
100
000 (minimum)
On incomes between $4,000 and $5,
150
000 (minimum)
Persons whose income is in excess of $5,-
000 are asked to pay Maaser (10%) upon
that amount which is subject to the United
States Income Tax.