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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
CELEBRATE
PAST- YEAR'S WORK
FOR KEREN HAYESOD
I Came, I Saw, I Was Conquered
THE PRESIDENT'S ENDORSEMENT WOMEN
Israel's Rebirth
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Noted Reform Rabbi, After Visit to Palestine, Says Upbuilding
of Homeland Is a Call to All Jewry; Enthusiastic
Over Pioneers in the Colonies.
IONISM will mitigate the lot and elevate the status of no
By DR. ALEXANDER LYONS,
rer 11, 1922,
ligible fraction of the Jewish race. Those who go to
Mrs. Richard Gottheil; Presi-
Rabbi of Eighth Avenue Temple, Brooklyn, N. Y.
tine
will
not
be
like
those
who
now
migrate
tee
Lon-
Pales
dent of League, Will De-
te
d mere l y
don or New York. They wil l not be ani
liver Keynote Address.
yet they are not mere farmers. They
(Editor's Note:—Dr. Lyons I, et the
bythhe
y
the
matekind
life
surroundings
of
desire to lead in happier
are inspired and impelled by the
head of • large proaressive congrega-
Ile le well
formerly led in Eastern Europe. They will go in order to join
Gantleteent
tion of Brooklyn, N. Y.
gleam
of the vision of self-realization
• lecturer, but •• •
A luncheon which will be attended
Known not
a civil community which completely harmonizes with their his-
in behalf of the effectuation of a
magazine.
the
writer
and
editor
of
•
I am elm glad to expreol try
by representative Jewish women from
for
•
number
of
years
home
of
their own where in untram-
Supplement. the
torical and religious sentiments; a community bound to the land
amrovel end hearty sympathy for the effort
has had • wide circulation ant been
all sections of New York and near-by
meled self-expression they may be
of the Palestine Foundation Fund, in behalf
it inhabits by something deeper even than custom ; a community
noted with great favor both h ere •nti
true to the nobler ideals of their en-
of tin restoration of falestin• as a Ilonelent •
Ahmed. Ile returnol recently fr om mi
cities has been arranged by the Wom-
e members will suffer from no divided loyalty, not any
c
tire people. It is because of this
extensive tour of the Near Itiaet In on•
for the Jewish people. I have always 'clewed
w hos
en's League of the Palestine Founda-
s eve
ira l
•pent press
w hich he ome
nect
temptatioe to hate the laws under which they are forced to
vision that they engage with marked
with en interest, Mich I think is quite as
on
ex
in.
e
S
with
ales
t
ion in P
tion Fund (Keren Ilayesod) for Wed-
we eks
cheerfulness upon activities that in
each practical as sentimental, the propmal
live. To them the material gain should be great, but surely
of hit feeling with regard to the pales-
nesday evening, Jan. 31, at the hotel
tine situation has been requested and is
for the rehabilitation Of Palestine, end the
our part of the world are assigned to
the spiritual gain will be greater still."
restoration of • reel Jewish nationality, and
Astor. This luncheon will mark the
herewith furnIshed.1
the ignorant and merely brawny.
•
*
I hops the effort now being carried on in this
first anniversary of the Women's
It was a revelation to me of the
and other countries in tide boaalf any met
which was organized last
For several years I have responded
League,
Arthur James Balfour, that prince among the nations whose
marvelous inherent possibilities of
the fullest measure of moo...
year, in order to aid the l'alestine from time to time to the requests of
Jewish ability to find stalwart young
name will be written in Jewish history in golden letters, thus
Foundation Fund to realize its hope
Very sincerely,
of upbuilding the Jewish Homeland the Near East Relief Organization for men and magnificent young women
cote on September 20, 1918, in his introduction to the "History
in l'alestine. After one year of in- addresses here and there in our larger doing the most menial work, work of
o f Zionism" by Nahum Soko-
tensive work, the organization is cities in behalf of its beneficient activi- considerable hardship, such as laun-
low. Thus more than one great
dering, rock-breaking, road building,
ready to extend its activities.
ties in the countries in behalf of and swamp draining, and yet doipg it
non-Jew wrote and spoke, be-
The program will include a recital which it was organized. I have cheer- cheerfully because of its contribution
cause to the Gentile Palestine
by Mrs. Shomer Rothenberg, noted
these invitations, Lo the realization of the ideal nearest
Toren Hayseed,
is synonymous with Jews and
soprano. Mrs. Rothenberg is an fully responded to
and dearest to their soul. Further,
Palestine Foundation FAA,
artist of great merit and her singing as my many other engagements al- their actjvities are conducted under
Judaism and the return of the
bu Union Squere,
lowed, on the ground that that organ- the imminence of constant danger.
Jewish people to the ancient
pee lore. ISA
ization was nA only helping unfortu- The Arab is not yet reconciled to the
homeland he connects with the
nates of my own faith, but has been new control of what so long has
prophecies that "Israel shall be
doing a humanitarian work that is been his habitat. And so these Jew-
redeemed with justice." More great spiritual and intellectual center. Because the new set-
ish pioneers must face and constantly
irresistible in its appeal to every fear the dangers of attack that beset
than four years after the above tlers are people with a vision, they visualize the new Pales-
heart of any sympathy. In recog- the pioneer everywhere. Accordingly,
historic words were written by tinian homeland not as a means in itself, but as means to a
nition of what my efforts on the plat- their life is conducted under guard,
Lord Balfour. the Jewish peo- greater end—to make the old-new house of God and Israel
form may have accomplished the Near especially by night. What they are
ple is happily uniting for the serve as a clearing center for the teachings of the Hebrew
East relief invited me to make a tour accomplishing in the multiplication
of the territory of its operations and and richness of the products of the
great task of rebuilding the sages and prophets, who have been read anti re-read by all
thereafter in behalf of its purposes. possibilities of the Palestinian soil is
homeland and of proving itself peoples, but have not been practiced. It is a Utopia the Jew-
Accordingly it was my previous priv- at once evident to one who makes
worthy to the trust placed in ish pioneers look forward to, but they aim at realizing their )
ilege to have a considerable stay in even e cursory
saw o
swo t investigation.
it by the nations in the world, ideal in a practical way, the benefits to be reaped by all Jewry
l ife of
Turkey, Syria, Greece, Palestine and
what
e rn
Egypt. During several weeks in the these splendid Jewish young men and
when they decreed that Pales- everywhere.
Holy
Land
I
had
unusual
opportun-
women
of
the
hills
and
dales
of
tine is to be our national home.
ities of observation through the very Palestine must change his opinion
Twice has the Jewish people
courteous representatives of the even if he was adverse before, from
The Talmud says that "Israel will not be redeemed except
been ejected from its land. It through the power of the Maaser," and the tithe has been re-
Keren Ilayesod, which to my mind is opposition and criticism to compli-
up to the present time far in the lead ment and co-operation.
returned after the first exile vivedby the Keren Hayesod as a means of self-taxation by Jews
of every other endeavor in rehabili-
and close to 1,853 years have for Palestine's rebuilding. It is peculiarly coincident with the
Genuine Enthusiasm.
tating the home of ancient Israel.
passed since the second exile. Palestine ideal that the Maaser, once as familiar to the Jews
I feel that I am competent to speak
What is being done throughout Pal-
PHIL SLOMOVITZ
Yet, during these eighteen and as the Ten Commandments, should be reinstituted. The Maaser
with some authority of the signifi- estine and more particularly in Jeru-
cance of what I saw, for two reasons.
a half centuries of homelessness, and persecution and contempt
a long and interesting history. In times of distress among
In the first place, mine was not a tour salem under the guidance of the Ker-
that went with Israel wherever circumstances drove him. the the Jewish people of the Middle Ages, the Maaser was re-',
of a flying person. I visited exten- en Ilayesod in the direction of the
Jew has not failed to pray that his eyes "may behold a return sorted to as a means of raising funds among the more fortunate'
sively among the colonies and ob- promotion of Hebrew culture in the
MRS. SIMON ROTHENBERG
unto Zion with mercy." For close to 19 centuries he prayed for the alleviation of the sufferings of the less happy and in all!
served intimately. In the second schools and in the benign and con-
place, I went in a somewhat critical structive labors of medical and sani-
will
be
one
of
the
main
features
of
and hoped for Zion, and vowed never to forget Jerusalem. Jewish modesty be it said, the wealthy of Israel have proven I
attitude that was more disposed to be tary specialists unavoidably heightens
the
affair.
Dozens of generations have read and re-read Psalm 137, mourn- their worth as the sons of the prophets by giving nobly and
f
Mrs. Richard Gottheil, president o unfavorable than otherwise. Zionism ones interest in this great reconstruc-
ing their homelessness:
by yielding a full tenth of their possessions. The present is I :the league, will be the main spea k of as a political enterprise had never tive venture. It has been my privi-
iittse t appealed to me, although I had never lege during recent years to visit many
also a time of gravest problems and most important happen
ial t uli n ch teho en.,tho I
short year of i ex- openly fought it. I always felt that communities in different parts of the
"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, and we also wept when
ings in the life of the Jewish people. While fully half of our her that
as long as many of my people were world and come into close relation
has
we remembered Zion. Upon the willows in her midst had we hung
I
istence
the
league
people is in dire need, hundreds of thousands, perhaps mil
m os t interested in the movement something with diverse Jewish enterprises but
up our harps. For there our captors demanded of us the words of
lf a reputation as one in of
the oust
un- would be sure to come out of it that nowhere have I sensed such genuine
song: and those who mocked us, joy, saying: Sing for us one of the
ve wome groups
would bear the imprint of Jewish Jewish enthusiasm as I did in what
their birth, the nations of the world have placed a trust in us 'acti
songs of Zion. How should we sing the song of the Lord on the soil
and spirituality and no has come to be called the Home-Land
of the stranger? If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, may my right hand
in the form of a privilege to rebuild our ancient homeland. tr y' As one of its most interesting ven- idealism
would be fraught with some benefit.
-
the Jewish people but, what prop-
grow slack. May my tongue cleave to my palate if 1 do not remem-
While an army of half a million men and many women is forced tures, the Pyramid I, und can be point When the cession of l'alestine to the of
erly backed as it ought to be, is bound
ber thee: If I call not Jerusalem at the head of my joy."
,
ed
out.
The
object
of
the
pyramid
to stay organized for the protection of the Jewish people in committee is to enroll an army of 1 Jews was confirmed and the actua in the proper acceptation of the term
n n was set afoot to become their homing land in the
buildig
And in anticipation of the coming of Israel's emancipation southern Russia, another army of workers is invited to come' tributin
13 0,000 Jewish women who, by con- work of up
g $1 each, is expected to raise seriously, I could no longer remain sense that there the Jew will be en-
to Palestine and till the soil that it may again become fruitful
the
sum
of
$120,000
for
the
heren
neutral
but
must
assume
an attitude. abled to cultivate, conserve and ex-
from exile, our people joyously recited Psalm 126:
I was unwilling to be guided by the press his nobler fundamental powers.
• ' ra in offer a peaceful home for the Jew who may
ilayesod. Through its pyra,"fun
enjoy
life
"under
his
vine
and
fig
tree."
This
is
not
a
dream.
conflicting opinions of others. I felt
Hy-
chairman, who is Mrs. Charles
In general then, what I would say
"When the Lord bringeth back again the captivity of Zion, then
that I was old enough and thoughtful
with regard to what I beheld in Pal.
shall we be like dreamers. Then shall our mouth be filled with
It is, in fact, too much of a reality. But Jews must learn to
enough to have a judgment of my own
see the practical without forever remaining the dreamers. This
laughter and our tongue with singing; then shall they say among the
and whatever may be the sacrifice, I estine, especially under the directive
influence of the Keten Ilayesod is
nations: Great things bath the Lord done for these. Great things
is the Jewish opportunity. The Keren Ilayesod and the Maaser
should make it in order to react in- that the confirmation of England's
would the Lord hove done for us, whereat we should be joyul. Bring
are the instruments for the solving of a grave problem. Every
telligently, and, so, judiciously to the
back again, 0 Lord, our captivity, like rivulets in arid land. Those
endeavors of so many of my people. cession of l'alestine to the Jews is a
Jew, in his own way, whether he pays the minimum tax of $25
that sow in tears shall reap with joyful song. Ile goeth forth indeed
Fortunately my mission for the Near call to all Jewry, no matter what they
to the Palestine Foundation Fund, or whether he gives in the
believe with regard to what is called
and weepeth that beareth the seed for sowing; but he will surely come
East Relief gave me my opportunity. Zionism. The Balfour concession
thousands and the hundreds of thousands, can share in the joy
with joyful song when he beareth home his sheaves."
In general, I can consciously say that
spells Jewish opportunity in a sense
of doing a great and constructive act. That Israel prove true
while I am not any more of a Zionist
has not obtained since many cen-
in a strict political sense than I was that
to his heritage, may his eyes be made to see the great oppor-
turies. In expectation of that cession
before, I must honestly' confess that
Already the Gentile is quoting that ''Great things hath tunity that is ours. For the present generation has the op-
Jews
of Palestine and elsewhere have •
the outcome of my stay in l'alestine is
been setting afoot Palestinian enter-
the Lord done" for us. The 52 nations that make up the portunity of a lifetime to write itself down in the history of the
that I came, I saw, I was conquered.
prises
that ara freighted with im-
Jews
as
the
most
fortunate
and
one
that
has
accomplished
What conduced to this result may be
League of Nations have endorsed the hopes of our people for
measurable possibility of good for the
gleaned from the following:
becoming rehabilitated in its ancient homelantl. The greater what has been a dream through a period of exiles and
rest
of
the world as well as for all
Visit to Colonies.
Israel. Commercially and culturally
portion of the Jews in the world sees in a rebuilt Palestine its expulsions.
I visited no less than a dozen dif- the old land can be rejuvenated and
only hope for a peaceful existence. Unfortunately, that por-
ferent colonies in different parts of
the country. I found these peopled in conformity with its ancient char-
bon of the people of Israel is so situated that it is not only
acterization lie made to send out
The Jewish people, the majority of our nation, is placed
by young men and young women from streams of milk and honey. Take for
unable to contribute towards the rebuilding of the Holy Land,
eastern Europe, whose embodiment of
instance, its Jewish University where
but that it is in circumstances that make it dependent upon in a position where it is between life and death. The European
self-sacrificing idealism and far- Jewish ability of the highest available
the rest of the people. Happy American Jewry, blessed with Jew particularly is facing total destruction. The non-Jewish
sighted practicability can nowhere be order will not only be hindered but
world,
when
asked
for
its
opinion
on
Jewish
existence,
replied
surpassed and only with difficulty par-
prosperity and freedom, is thus called upon to do the great
required to be true to its best in
alleled. These young men and women
task that is to stamp the present generation either as the most with offering the Jew an opportunity of rebuilding Jewish life
are in numerous instances advanced thought and effort and only a superfi-
in
our
ancient
homeland.
The
Gentile
nations
decreed
that
cial sense of inherent powers of the
heroic or as the most cowardly. American Jews are given the
products
of
educational
institutions
in
leading sons and daughters of Israel
opportunity of writing themselves down in Jewish history either Palestine is to be the Jewish homeland, that the Holy Land
their various homelands and give pal-
is
again
to
become
the
center
of
Jewish
learning,
Jewish
MRS.
RICHARD
GOTTHEIL
pable evidence of a high degree of in- is necessary to glimpse the tremend-
as appreciative of the great responsibility that rested upon it
culture, Jewish ideals—Jewish life. Now the problem is thrust
tellectual and moral culture. They ous contribution to the universal
or in having proven itself false to its mission and traditions.
the league is reaching a larger are living simply, oftentimes with the weal the students and professors of
at ourselves. The non-Jew has played his part and he is man,
• • • • •
and larger number of Jewish women
an institution can make.
through. He puts it entirely up to the Jew, and it is for the every day. Mrs. Hyman will presen denial of many of the most elemen- such
Accordingly, the upbuilding of Pal-
tary comforts, and yet are working
Lord Balfour, speaking at a memorable Zionist gathering Jew to answer: Is the Jewish people to live or not to live? A
estine with its implication of such be-
t e industriously, earnestly, hopefully nign realization is the concern of and
tivSheieswg aihso
h
nation that has survived 20 centuries of persecutions; a people Lusudmamt atrhye' offuntctLn7
and effectively with the result that in
in London in July, 1920, closed his address by saying:
that has been one without a country for 2,000 years; We who deal with the plans of the league for many conspicuous instances they are a call to all Jewry. Its success or fail-
causing conditions of barrenness and ure will credit or discredit the Jews
suffered so much and endured so ably can have but one answer: the future.
sunk as a man who is not a Jew and necessarily therefore looks
rs. Simon Rothen berg, who, as
even worse, to bloom with beauty and for the entire world whether they
We
shall
not
shame
our
past
and
our
ancestors
and
we
must
L
m
a
s
h
ve
bo
ard,
Jewish
question
from
outside;
but
I
should
say
that
perhaps
ti
tecu
wish it or not. The opportunity ap-
at the
man of the .eit.es
bear fruit with richness.
not be brand-marked by history as the generation that wasIchair
w of
the danger that besets the Jewish race is not that they lack, high
ehfaaltivain
c
usLirreintge
the
fall
It was an exhilarating experience pears to me to put the Jews on trial.
e
,
months
f
t
t
CI
1n
t
e
t
h
r
e
idealism, not that they are reluctant to sacrifice everything, to life
composed of cowards and misers. It shall not be said of
me to meet these Jewish young No Jew has acceptable excuse for re-
in , for
itself, to see that ideal carried into effect, but that they are car-
men and women engaged in what fusing moral and material banking to
that we had the opportunity and failed. Posterity shall not I will preside. The committee
es Mrs. L
ried awayby the vehemence of their own views, the depth and strength
the
event
includ
o ular conception regards as menial some aspect of the manifold inter-
for the charge of d Mrs Jaco Si eel,
g Mrs
of their own convictions, and are unwilling to do that without which
, :tanip us BS a people that was merely asked for money
activity in the farm house and in the ests and aspirations of the l'alestine
d tt Gar
in
owsky
accomplishment
of
one
of
the
greatest
romances
n
history
an
any
other
great
movement
cannot
succeed,
are
unwilling
to
Mrs.
Louis. Mrs, Isaac Tump
this and
R.
Poster
o enthus i- now abuilding. All Jews ought to give
d yet with a glow of
i chosen leaders
Germain, Mrs. Israel Gold: field,
give that whole-hearted trust and confidence in tfro
we refused to part with it. Surely, our answer will be as noble
asm an
that could not be greater or this endeavor all possible encourage-
berg. The reception committee con- more impressive for any other pur- ment so as to settle once and for all
whith, believe me, is necessary. You are drawnm every nation
as is the request.
under heaven. You come to London, or to any other great center,
sists of Mrs. Michael Salit, Mrs. A. pose that the world would count, mis- time the question of Jewish ability at
■
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with :dews absorbed from the populations among whom you have so-
jourm.d; you come, therefore, with many different mentalities; to
use a familiar phrase; you come with many different theories as to the
mothrds by which your common objects can be carried out. It only
becomes dangerous by their insistence that the object should be car-
tied out precisely in the fashion which commends itself to them. Be-
ware of that danger! I am sure it is the greatest danger which will
beset you in the future. Now, I have done with the gloomy task of
enumerating difficulties.
"I have only one more word to say. We are embarked on a great
adventure. And I say 'we' advisedly, and by 'we' I mean on one side
the Jewish people, and on the other side the Mandatory Power for
Pabstine. We are partners in this great enterprise. If we fail you
you cannot succeed; if you fail us, you cannot succeed. But I feel
Sure that we shall not fail you, and that you will not fail us. And if
I am right—and I am assured I am—in this prophecy of hope and
confidence, then surely we may look forward with hope, and gaze
on a future in which Palestine will, indeed, and in the fullest measure
and degree of success, be made a home for the Jewish people."
M rks Mrs. Philip Behrman,
M rs.
Mrs. B. Castel&
"The People of the Book" they call us, and the nations Judenfreund,
Isaac Allen, Mrs. J. Kraus s, Mrs. .
expect us to lead in idealism and in self-sacrifice when noble 'i.e.,' Kendall, Mrs. N. II.
II Ebin, Mrs.
sky
Jacobson, Mrs. Louis Lipsky,
things are involved. The non Jew looks to us to be loyal to S . I. Ray
Raskin and Miss Sophie
old
traditions.
In
the
present
call
that
is
being
:qrs.'
Israel's age
issued to the Jew to give only money for the rebuilding of his Udine
An invitation to attend this lunch-
e believes that the Jew will not hold eon has been extended to the dela-
homeland, th e non- Jw
convention
igrnetwion
gold de arer than ideals and the future of the people. The gates
C on -
Jew also expects that his people as a whole will prove worthy
Union the American
of
of the great trust placed in it by the Gentile nations. But should gregations.
we fail in the present task, we fear to think of the terrible
consequences. The "People of the Book" may be brandmarked
the "People of the Pocketbook" to whom the dollar is dearer ELOQUENT SPONSOR
than the honor of the nation. If only the dollar is needed to
OF JEWISH CAUSE
assure Israel's future, surely it ought to be given joyfully and
ungrudgingly, that the honor of Israel be preserved.
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P,ritain will not fail us, and the Jews must not fail them-
selves. With the political sky cleared, with the support of the
The Keren Hayesod is the bridge over the turbulent sea
European powers assured, there is only one task remaining for of obstacles that leads Israel's homeward trek from Golus to
us to do--the rebuilding of the land physically. spiritually and Eretz Yisroel. As yet, however, it is the paper bridge of the
culturally. The Keren Ilayesod—the Palestine Foundation Jewish legend. We can see it in our imagination. We have
Fund—is the instrument that has been devised to that end. even seen its practical beginning in the preliminary work for
This fund 'makes claim upon the interest of every Jew and the rebuilding of Palestine. But the concrete structure that is
Jewess and demands that not a single individual abstain from to make real the dream of the Jew is in waiting for the actual
Participation in the great undertaking for the rehabilitation efforts of our people. The message of Palestine and the Keren
of Palestine. The Keren Hayesod has accomplished wonders Hayesod is now being taken to every Jew here, and the aim is
in the past year, the first of its existence. It has built a great to compel the conscience and heart of every loyal member of
medical organization, it has established a fine school system the house of Israel to share in the responsibility which is all
and founded a number of banks that will eventually make the Israel's. The Jews of Palestine are watching us with great
new settlers in the Holy Land independent and entirely self- anxiety. They look fo raction on the part of the richest Jewish
Itillg. The Keren Hayesod provides for the incoming community in the world. Jewish eyes everywhere are riveted
su
c PP°
haluzim and Chaluzoth, the men and women pioneers, who upon us in the great task that confronts us. The enthusiasm
settle in the Holy Land with a view of starting life anew' as a with which the work has been begun must be brought to fruition
free people, unmolested and free from persecutions. The vast and must result in a crowning success. •
majority of the young idealists who settle in Palestine is com-
posed of Jewish intellectuals, college men and women, uni-
versity graduates and many university instructors, who give up
"Sound the great trumpet announcing our freedom,
their best possessions to settle in an uncultivated land which
Set up a banner to collect the Exiles;
they hope again to cause to "flow with milk and honey." Many
Gather us again from the four corners of the earth—
of these idealists have been seen to land in Palestine with only
Blessed be Thou, Who will gather Thy scattered people,
one article under their arms—the philosophic work of Spinoza.
Supplemented by the spade and the shovel, they thus adopt a
Israel."
Philosophic view of life that is bound to make of Palestine a
Who
takenly I think, among its higher pur-
poses and endeavors. In the private
rooms of these young men and young
women I found samples of the world's
modern literature with which
engage their leisure hours.
They are trained agriculturists and
MORRIS ROTHENBERG,
th. moat
eloquent men
in the leadership of the Palestine
storalion Movement in America.
re.
self-government in concurrence with
its desire at the same time to please
the world. It seems to me that the
opportune time has come for the Jews
to show up or failing that to shut up
in the matter of self-governed coun-
try of their own.
CALLS ON ALL JEWS TO UNITE
FOR HOMELAND IN PALESTINE
By DR. JOSEPH SILVERMAN,
Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Emanuel, New York.
.
It is high time that the many differences
in theories, beliefs and practices that obtain
in Jewry be laid aside, and that all classes
and groups unite upon the main proposition
of making Palestine a homeland for Jews
and a center for its religion and culture. The
world has given the Jews the opportunity of
restoring their ancient patrimony. Can we
stand aside and say we will have no part in
such restoration?
I cherish the hope that Jews of all shades
of religious belief and practice will unite in
the efforts now being made to equip Pales-
tine with homes, synagogues, schools, insti-
tutions and industries of every description.
I hold myself in readiness to aid the commit.:
tee in charge of the Palestine Foundation
Fund as far as will be in my power.
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