A merica Path periodical Cwtcr CLIFTON AMUR - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO Join the Builders of Zion. IfEbETROIT Special Keren Hayesod Edition. MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1923 VOL XIII. NO. 9 APPEALS BY DETROIT JEWISH LEADERS CALL UPON COMMUNITY TO HELP RAISE Section Two SPENCER AND ISAAC HARRIS TO ADDRESS OPENING KEREN HAYESOD BANQUET SUNDAY EVENING AT STATLER sii i i i milimitil imi i immiti i i i i i i mili i i 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 iIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 M I SENATOR 1111111111111111111111111 5I60,000 QUOTA TO BUILD PALESTINE 'KT' Robert Marwil, Chairman of Tradea and Professions Division, C. Hs on All to Respond to Heartrending Cry of European Jewry. nertr URGES DETROIT JEWS TO HELP BUILD CONCRETE AND PERMANENT HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE Abraham Srere, Joseph H. Ehrlich, J. Friedberg, J. Miller, °timers of Detroit Keren Hayesod, and Others, Issue Campaign Statements. Detroit Jewry will be approached during the coming week, on S unday venin, g Jan. 28, at the ba nuet at the e beginni ng of $150,000 Statler, with the reques t that it give the sum Hotel 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- sion, whose drive precedes the city-wide district campaign, in a statement on the eve of the opening of the campaign, issued a serve as an example to the country at large in the drive for Palestine. Abraham Srere, president of the Detroit Keren Ilayesod, id 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, E 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 : ,817 Eloquent Member of United States Senate from Missouri and Leader of Zionist Movement in Boston to Be Principal Speakers. WILL OPEN CAMPAIGN HERE FOR $150,000 FOR THE REBUILDING OF THE JEWISH HOMELAND Dinner at Hotel Statler Will Inaugurate Drive to Be Made Among Trades and Professions and to Be Fol- lowed by City-Wide Campaign. With all arrangements completed for the opening of the drive here for Detroit's quota of $150,000 for the Keren Ilaye- sod, the Palestine Foundation Fund, workers for the fund and sympathizers are looking forward to the banquet to be held this Sunday evening at the Hotel Statler, when the campaign will be launched. The principal speakers at the banquet will be Senator Selden Palmer Spencer of Missouri, and Isaac Harris of Boston. Senator Spencer is one of the most eloquent members of Congress and one of the warmest sponsors of the Zionist idea before the United States government. lie was one of the first United States Senators to pledge his support and to offer his assistance to the cause of the United States approving the Jew- ish claim; to Palestine. At the banquet which opened the campaign in Cleveland last week, Senator Spencer, as he principal speaker, delivered one of the most eloquent ad- -._ - dresses endorsing the Keren '7- Ilayesod, and his plea was an- swered with a $50,000 contri- bution to the fund by those - •=2- present. Mr. Harris is one of the lead- ers of the Zionist movement in country and is prominent in - the all communal affairs in Boston. - He is a member of the national E - - z--- executive committee of the Zionist Organization of Amer- ica and has been a conspicuous figure in all the recent conven- llllllllll iiiiiiii11111111111111111111init tions of the organization. lie is a Zionist of long standing, having attended the Seventh vice-chairman. The division is Zionist Congress in Basle in that "an ideal to be worth divided into five groups, with while must complete itself in 1905. the following majors and cap- action," and points out that the Mr. Harris is a forceful tains in charge: 2,000 year old ideal of the Jew- speaker and has been closely Division I. ish people is in process of real- connected with the political as- Louis Stoll and David Zemon, pects of the movement in the ization now and will be com- pleted with the action of the majors. United States. Ile is a lawyer ABRAHAM SRERE, Nathan Steingold, Henry Jews of Detroit and the rest of President Detroit Karen Harland. Meyer, M. II. Zackheim, Mor- the country. tee in the last Boston campaign J. Miller, secretary of the ris Garvett, S. Goldman and for the Keren Hayesod and campaign committee, urges De- Abe Cooper, captains. Division II. contributed materially to the troit Jews to pay Maaser. He Cohen, major. Ira success of the campaign. says: "Let us unite our efforts Milton Gordon, Alfred Stone to build up the land of our fore- Although the first gun in the and Jacob Kaufman, captains. fathers so that those who come campaign will be fired at the Division III. there may develop the country banquet, the workers in the A. J. Koffman and Louis into a real Jewish Homeland campaign have already had where true Jewish ideals and Robinson, majors. their thrills when, at recent Jewish culture will flourish." meetings, members from The campaign here has the among their own ranks made support of all elements here big contributions towards the and the general expression of fund. opinion is that no Jew has the At a meeting of a handful of right to withhold his support workers held Sunday afternoon from Palestine. at the Shaarey Zedek, a sum The trades and professions exceeding $12,000 was an- will be canvassed first during nounced subscribed by a num- the week of Jan. 28, this to be ber of people. followed by a drive for the can- Workers will appeal to the vassing of synagogue and or- pride of Detroit Jewry in the ganization memberships and present campaign. Those who by a house-to-house canvass. JOSEPF H. EHRLICH, have made contributions pre- The trades and professions Vice•Chairman Detroit Karen viously will be asked to double division is headed by Mr. Mar- Hayesod. them, and those who have not wil and Alvin D. Hersch is the 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. BANQUET SPEAKERS Help restore the land without a people to tile people without a land by contributing to Detroit's $150,000 quota for the Keren Hayesod, the Palestine Foundation Fund. Campaign Starts Sunday Eve- ning, January 28. = -=_ - i- 7_- - . - -5. --- . , -. = _ - : --- ▪ i mi i i i immiummli i i i imil 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ii im i i i i mun 114i "Every Jew, r e gardless of atiminnummumaammanaa.m. JJJJ ROBERT MARWIL, Chairman Trades and Professions Division. 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 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 ork depends the success of Zionism. Right now the Keren Hayesod needs your help as never before. "During the week of Jan. 28, the Keren Hayesod 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 Prof... sions Division. 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; * * * J. MILLER, Campaign Secretary. J. FRIEDBERG, Treasurer of Campaign. Alec M. Spater, Sol Perlman, Dr. P. Broudo, Dr. II. 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 assist and take part in the development of the country. The Zionist Organization . . . shall be recognized as such agency. It shall take steps 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. London the 24th day of July, 1922. Made at 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 a, 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.