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MEPErRonjEwuna RONICLE
PAGE EIGHT
The Birth of a New and
Stimulating Jewish Life
ONE OF THE PALESTINIAN SCHOOLS
JUDGE REPORTS ON WORLD ATTRACTION
'PALESTINE GROWTH FOR PALESTINE IS
ASCRIBED TO JEWS
first century of our era, the S:.ari,he,dhrain
t.
or Jewish Council, founded ty Eke&
the Scribe, of which such trait, ow e,
t tiornedi,s amnaddaefitnerthae
s t vile it
precarious
disappeared. Once more ther• is to-
day the Sanhedrin, sitting
as of .:1,1,„iunt
Jerusalem. It is an official bo,, y , like
Bernard Rosenblatt Tells of
any of our federations of e” ,e•h es
.
Impressions of Dr. Maurice H. Harris on His Recent Visit to
But within it there meet the .i. •
Progress Made in Home
who
Palestine.
P. W. Wilson Writes Highly has wandered far afield befor e • tru-
Land.
ing to his homeland and the -I-
..,h,,
Illuminating Article in
has never left the gates of Zi.
I ∎ Inr
World's Work.
"Palestine is a land where two wich, who holds an important ju-
the constitution of the >.. ,.;,.i.,
NEW
YORK,--Palestine
is
gradu-
groups of civilization are meeting. dicial post, also those staunch pro-
o ti h
o briet c i e i fnua erd
rose
r otstheheesevereerndn,i,f . ,
f j i,,..i.rf,,i: i n ,,i,11,- .:
--- -
ally becoming hte Jewish homeland
, .!,:,,,, i
The primitive, non-progressive civili- moters of Ilebrew, Mr. lien Jehu.
e"
in every sense of the word, and that PRAISES GENIUS, SOUL
zation of the Orient represented by dah and Mr. Yellin, lien Avi the
principally through the funds con-
OF JEWS IN HOLY LAND
journalist,
and
Chaikin
the
artist.
In
the Arabs, with notable exceptions, of
the ancient Jew objected. T'
tributed by American Jews by means
..ter
course, and the modern scientific civ- Haifa I met Dr. Hiram, who directs
is, indeed a strange fignI.
he
of the Keren Ilayesod, declared
Zionism Has Resolved g
straenaitls wtailt i w
thheich Wailing
Wua pilhoid,
ilization represented on the whole, by the Preparatory School. On the
1'I;.
the Says
Rosenblatt,
Judge
Bernard
A.
Into a Passionate Yearning
the Jews. So Israel's advent to this Lunge estate adjoining Zichron Jacob
American
representative
of
the
pie
Israel
ried-
visited
Mrs.
area.
ah rim
eas.ofT heJe w his home, 1,,,,e .,, •
,,th
aparcely settled land will really be a colony, I
For Dignity.
World Zionist Executive in Palestine,
within
boon. It will be a salutary Friar to the !ander, an enthusiastic Palestinian.
who has returned after a six months'
ruthless insistence, he hi. I.
Arabs, only disturbed by malevolent I might mention, too, Mrs. Braver.
stay
in
Palestine.
Ile
was
especially
• the
By P. W. WILSON
law to his sons, young,t, r,
trouble makers at a distance eager to man, who was of much assistance
enthusiastic of the work of the Cho-
Ih'oirk re-
(Ed
already
r,eadhy.
nIx
e,..fetri 1 otohk,,...iri ;,,, •
before
sow distrust. Arab and Jew worked during our brief stay in the pic-
, ,, I :;:ie:
luzim, who are abandoning profes-
illum in ating and
a .— World's
pr in t e Nd otehighly
cnt
e l ily itors
turesque
colony
of
Midi
Pinna
in
ramparts
of
the
city,
but
..
•
aide by side in Spain from the 8th to
, i ,_
profound discuseion of l'alestIne and
SCHOOL IN TEL-AVIV, NEAR JAFFA. ONE OF THE 135 sional and academic careers in the
•n
have never
the 12th centuries, producing a Galilee. We were entertained by Mr. THE GIRLS'
lands of Eastern Europe and flocking' Zioni.ni by the celebrated author and
HEBREW SCHOOLS IN PALESTINE
be r of Parliament, I'. W.
ex-mem W
like Saul of Tarsus, after o
golden age for both. Perhaps history and Mrs. Rosenbloom of Pittsburgh.
to Palestine in order to be of service
,
liar'
riting
under
the
fide
At
the
eon.
ordeal—mean of physique a , •• , be-
will repeat itself once more."
Sir Samuel's Position.
Crovarond+ of Three Continents; Mr.
in the upbuilding of the Jewish Home-
tive in eyesight. This is the . 1 . • who
Wil+on deals with Palestine •nd Zion-
With these words, Dr. Maurice H.
land.
"Last and most important of all,
• ism in
lie ramifications. Ile writes
now averts his. gaze from tin . Hier
. Harris, rabbi of Temple Israel of New I met Sir Ilerbert Samuel. We were
with a breadth of view that Is at once
Work of Koren Hayesod.
where, despite the Pauline t. 't '.,on
on
York, one of America's representa- entertained by Lady Samuel at Gov-
bar n of deep knowledge and • keen un-
"It is well for American Jews to
women in the Sanhedrin el....
tive Reform congregations, character- ernment House on the Mount of
ders tanding of the problems involved.
source of regret that exigencies
realize," said Judge Rosenblatt, "how
part.
It
ized the trend of events in Palestine. Olives. I wish that the Jewish people
• of space do nut permit to reproduce
les
putie
can
the h r. !. . 1
Dr. Harris has just returned from a more fully appreciated the delicate
the •rticle in its entirety. We confine
Financial Statement of Keren Hayesod in Palestine Gives Sums
ourselves to those p••sages—and they
visit to that country and in his study and difficult position that he holds
Spent on Colonization, Education; 20,000 Immi-
constitute the major portion of the 1..-
t d o e'1.1, h e le
op t w
he iosrworship
Pa
h i
o f the - ‘
overlooking Central Park, he spoke and the admirable manner in which
..m e
14dr—which deal rectly with the
and their temp e fur
l the • . H o;
grants in Past Two Years.
freely of his impressions of the land he administers it. It is a notable in-
of Zionfim did the Jewivh home.
lion of
century
will
he
the
Univei
.
land
to
Mr.
WO.,
the
liberation
of
where all the new Jewish life is in the stance of "Suaviter in mode, fortiter
f •le-
Palestine transcentls in importance all
rusalem, the medical scho ol • .,,i,
0,
making.
A financial statement issued by the Water Power and irrigation scheme.
the symbolic events that dramatised the
in re."
is so strongly advocated by • , ;a b-
"It is remarkable how the Jews,
The fund for the liebrew University
great war. Though • mere incident in
Zionist
Executive
in
Jerusalem
"In the field of industy there is a
struse scientist, Doctor Eii,.
the lerger struggle. Oct it touched with
though a minority in Palestine, bulk
through the headquarters of the Ker, is a special trust fund within the
bconveloue-
• sudden thrill and deeps
in importance in the life of the land. marked progress. Here I might men- en Ilayesod in America reveals the Keren Ilayesod. This fund has been
Immigration Small.
ties% 600,000.000 of mankind. Why ha.
I was in Jerusalem when the British tion the aid rendered by the Ameri- manner in which the funds of the raised principally by the American
Palestine this faudnation for the world?
The actual immigration 1, • Pales-
Mr. Wilson answers: Itecause of "the
House of Lords registered its adverse can Palestine Company directed by Keren Ilayesod, close to '70 per cent Jewish Physicians' Committee and
tine is small. Up to the i
rli of
genius, the soul of the Jew.")
vote on the Palestine Mandate. That the enterprising Dr. Benderly. There of which have been contributed by now amounts to approximately $100,-
• June, 1921, about 10,000 p, ,
. a,
vote did not dampen the spirit of the is a cement factory in Jaffa, a brick the United States, were spent in Pal- 000 in cash besides pledges amounting
rived, of whom all save .: . were
factory in Tel Aviv, a flour mill at
If the rocky littoral of Palestine Jews
em
to $200,000.
tu:,
t
Haifa; furniture and carpet factories estine in the seven months from
uvu,3'
the
arrivals
end
to
a
bsorb
and Syria differs wholly in fascination
Following the financial statement
in Jerusalem The latter obtains its October 1, 1921 to April 30, 1922. bearing on the expenditures of Ker-
for the historian from similar prov- important restrictions
Wel , applied
designs from the Bezalel School of The statement gives the various pur- en Ilayesod funds by the Palestine
, inces on the coast, let us say, of Spain
But incili.(1'nig'r°an it i,fa' a':1 t ra:ess..
poses for which the funds were ex-
Arts and Crafts.
or Sicily, the reason has been the They must have independent ineans,
pended and the amount in each case, Zionist Executive. The statement
' genius, the soul—call it what you like or intend to follow a pro
"But most important of all is the
calls attention to the fact that the ad-
:-.1•41, or
and thus presents a complete picture
Ruttenberg project of hydro-electric
expenses amounting to
—of the Jew. Before the Jew entered belong to families already resident in
of the contribution which the Koren ministrative
the country its annals were to the the country, or expect
development in Palestine. This will
a total expenditure of
£13,675
on
t.mployiiiint
by
Ilayesod is making towards the build-
i world at large a blank. And when the specified firms, or they mint re tour-
employ thousands of workers and
£213,008 represents less than 6 per
Jew was driven from the country, Pal- fists, not expecting to stay long, than
may revolutionize the land of our ing up of Palestine.
cent of the total operation.
The statement further says that Education
estine became merely a memory of three months.
£46,113,139
fathers.
One will have
what once had been. It is as the scene'. thought that
"What about the Arabs?" was the of a total of £519,446 received by Agricultural colonization 40,051,921
such regulations with
the
head
office
of
the
Keren
Ilayesod
of a siritual struggle, unique even other evidences of good fait
42,691,017
next question.
Immigration
h on the
in London up to June 30, 1922, £346,- Medical work and sanita-
among religions, that Palestine lives part of the authorities,
would have
The Arab Question.
731, or close to 70 per cent came
in the imagination of us all, and in , satisfied even the most suspicious of
55,320,440
tion
•
"I find the ill feeling marked, but from the United States.
that struggle, the protagonists were the Arabs who fear that the .sewss will
18,968,879
Labor
JUDGE B. A. ROSENBLATT
I believe it has been to a great ex
all Jews or in contact with Jews. That take their land. But in May of last
8,358,303
It appears from the statement that Special expenses
7,422,326 basic in all that takes place in Pales- the Jews will one day return to Pales -, year there broke out anti-Jewish riots
tent artificially stimulated. Then, I the four principal items on the bud- Haifa technicum
too, I was present at a time when get of the Keren Ilayesod, in the Experimental !stations
6,688,158 tine are the funds which they con- tine is thus a hope which has been in_, in Jaffa and in certain Jewish colonies
developments of a particularly Melt- order of the amounts expended, are Supplies department
1,638,463 tribute through the Keren Ilayesod. corporated by many Christians in and 88 persons were killed. The Ar-
856,250 It is these funds which maintain all their personal creed. And, in Jewry abs are moreover loudly prote-ting at
ing character were taking place. the medical work and sanitation, edu- University library
it was framed by Ilerzl, 30 t h i s moment that their right,
Arab shops were closed all over the ration, regulation of immigration, Trade and Industry de-
are
these activities without which the de- yea
it'e If' ago, into t e policy
th
li cy an
the ,
land on July 13 and 14 as demonstra- and agricultural colonization. An-
724,217 velopment of Palestine would have to years
partment
and ththreatened.
451,193 come to a standstill. . The work of movement known, as Zionism.
tions of protest, in the hope of pre- other important item is the piomotion Loans and other items
1 within Palestine herself there are
Under the Turkish control of Pales-I •natural resources of which the whole
venting the league ratification of the of building activities through the Administrative expenses 13,675,444
receiving and regulating immigration ,
medical tine, Zionism achieved little. Since truth has yet to be disc, At-red and
mandate. Here and there is a feel- General Mortgage Bank of Pales-
of maintaining the system of
the year 1850, Jerusalem has become s ta t ed .
£13,675,444
ing of nervousness among the Jew- tine, to the capital of which the Keren
Total
By afforestation, the rain.
service and sanitation through the in the main a Jewish city, but else- I fa ll a ill be increased and irrigation
ish settlers. If only the fact were /layesod has subscribed £27,000.
Medical Unit, the work of supporting
of
promoting
agricultural
colonize-
:
where
the agricultural colonies, 64 in . for w• hich the entire war er: of the
brought again to the Arabs that the
the Ilebrew school system, the work
The Medical Organisation.
number, only contained 15,000 per- J or d an , whether in the French or
Jewish immigrants are going to be
DR. MAURICE H. HARRIS
: sons.
But, with the . restoration of : British mandate, may be used, will
of value to the land! Their coming In submitting the financial state-
t ion; all these activities depend on , J cruse
l em, a new si t ua t ion arose increase the productivity of the soil,
Jews, for they felt it was not decisive. has already increased land values ment the headquarters of the Keren
the
Keren
Ilayesod."
which
fanned
enthusiasm into a already bearing valuable fruits as
They were further heartened by a re- and Arabs are getting much larger I Ilayesod in America comments on the
As an evidence of the encouraging flame
oil sp.
markable tribute paid by Earl Bal- prices for their real estate. The Jews various activities and institutions
I well as grain. That there
growth of Palestinian Jewry he in-
are
ding
more
than
has
ever
been
mentioned.
With
regard
to
the
med-
Yearning
for Dignity.
I p ears also to he certain, 110 in the
four to the Jewish people, for it was
stance,' the fact that Tel-Aviv, which
done
to
better
develop
Palestine's
na-
ical
and
sanitary
work
which
is
con-
it
was
all
very
well
for
the
rich:
rocks
are
hidden,
doubtless,
latent
re-
his maiden address in the House of
is on the outskirtk of Jaffa, has now
invalu-
Peers, which made it in a sense his- tural resources. Now is the time for ducted through the Iladassam Medical
been incorporated as a municipality Jew in London or New orb to issues sources which may prove to
silent
and
constructive
work.
The
Organization
and
towards
which
the
toric. I was also in the country when
and comprises the first 100 per cent warnings that if his race ceased to able in financing the Palestinian 'tate.
the news came of the ratification of more uietly and modestly but per- Joint Distribution Committee distrib- Stops On Way to Japan and Jewish municipality in the world to- be a purely spiritual communion, if Over all this mineral and geological
it sought temporal power in a ('ales- possibilities the administration exer-
the Mandate by the League of Na- sistently the Jews continue their de- utes $12,500 a month, the statement
day. It has further been authorized .
Gets
Warm
Reception
from
tions. When the news flashed over velopment activities, the sooner the says: "The Iladassah Medical Organ-
by the government to float a bond is- tinian homeland, if it emphasized the rises control. The grant of mining
goal
wil
be
reached."
ization,
a
little
less
than
60
per
cent
Singapore
Community.
nation instead of the synagogue, it cancessions and of prospe,t•ds'
the wires it was received with intense
"What do you consider one of the of whose budget is met by the Keren
sue t3 an amount of £75,000 at 61/2 would be accused in all countries of ceases is for the moment, prohibited,
enthusiasm by all classes.
per cent interest for the purpose of
prime needs of Palestine today?" Ilayesod, has seventeen hospitals,
The headquarters of the Keren
I only, it is argued in the interests
attempting a duel allegiance. That but
Building the Waste Places.
Dr. Harris energetically answered: polyclinics, dispensaries and labora- Ilayesod in America, 50 Union installing and improving a number of , might be sound enough reasoning in of the country itselg. These concess-
hi'
Cll .
"The influence of the Jews in Jeru-
tones, open to all, irrespective of Square, New York, reports the re-
countries Rd liberal as the United ions are held in trust equally for the
a
"A
representative
synagogue
on
Thirty Per Cent Increase.
. States, where a Jew sits in the Su-
salem can best be gauged on the Sab-
ceipt of cables describing a reception
pioneers of all nations.
site, so fine architecturally creed or nationality. During the past
"When I visited the Holy Land two preme Court, and Great Britain,
bath when a distinct Shabbaa atmos- desirable
that it might compare with the many two years they treated 9,000 patients given to Professor Albert Einstein by
But, in one matter, Palestine en-
phere pervades the city. This is true impressive and pretentious churches in hospitals; 150,000 patients in poly- the Community of Singapore, in the years ago," Judge Rosenblatt said, where a Jew by race has been Prime joys an advantage, obvious at once to
i l ncertainty
les p e ace that y followed
h a d se t ttl e Minister. But to the Jew in Russia, the student of her maps. The River
to a yet greater exent in Tel-Aviv ad- and mosques and appeal to theimagi- clinics; 750,000 outpatients attending course of which the renowned scien- 'V' the s a u
treaty
joining Jaffa, which is entirely Jewish nation. It might help to convey to clinics; 33,000 outpatients treated at tist made a plea for the Hebrew Uni-
ed whose existence has been overcrowd- Jordan, which Joshua crosulll dry-
and where all work, even the most
versity In Jerusalem. The reception like a dark cloud on the old land of ing in the ghetto, relieved only by shod, in which Nauman the Syrian
menial, is done by Jews. This Sab- the visiting tourists the real religious home; 55,000 laboratory cases."
was held at the home of Menaseh Israel, and the Jews of Palestine persecution and pogroms, Zionism was bathed away his leprosy, and where
ard to education it is
batic atmosphere is further empha- spirit animating the l'aestinian Jew. With re
th Keren Ha y esod main- Meyer and was attended by repre- were engaged in the rather unprofit- resolved into a passionate yearning John the Baptist preached, is unique.
But I am thinking of it chiefly for stated that g the
sized by the fact that the Arabs, the
Jew himself. There should be thins 137 schools, having 505 teachers sentatives of all creeds and commit- able business of watchful waiting.' for dignity and freedom. It was not Among the rivers of the world, there
though they treat Friday as their
representative and 13,000 pupils. In all schools the tees of the town, including the Bishop But two years have changed all that. a matter for statistics. About the is no other like it. The source of
Sabbath and repair to the mosque at conducted in such a
In that brief period the Jewish pePu- , finance of it, who cared? Let the the Jordan is 900 feet above the sea
of Singapore.
noon, do not suspend work or busi- synagogue a divine service, conserve- language of instruction is Hebrew.
An address of wecome was present- lotion of Palestine has increased over 1door of the prison be thrown open- level. From that source to Its out-
ness on the day. The idea of labor tive yet modern, reverentially con- In the matter of agricultural colo- ed to Professor Einstein by Mr. Mos- 30 per cent, most of them immigrants Let the oppressed go free.
flow the distance is only 60 ni;cs, but
cessation is distinctly Jewish, rooted ducted, with that aesthetic touch that nization we are informed that there shov, in the course of which he said: from Eastern Europe who passed . To Britain the mandate was grant- it is distance Which the river itself by
in the Fourth Commandment, and would receive an answering response are now 55 Jewish colonies with a "We understand that the expeditious through the fire and sword of the ed. And the High Commissioner, ap- frequent winding more than trebles.
total area of 7,000,000 dunams (about
great war and the bloody pogroms of pointed to administer Palestine, was
thence transmitted to the Christian. by the new generation.
175,000 acres), and a population of completion of the Jerusalem Uni- the Ukraine. These men are real pio- Sir Ilerhert Samuel. Virtually, he The outflow is not into any open sea
"Feverish building activity is now
Tribute to Movements.
15,000. Of these, 32 settlements, on versity is a matter very near your veers, Chaluzim, as they are called has acted as dictator, nor is it easy but into a lake surrounded entirely by
ni progress in Tel-Aviv suggesting an
by
"Here, too, the larger
Jewish place
women
and which about 1,000 agricultural work- heart and to commemorate your mar- in Hebrew, men with univesity de- to see how, amid the chaos, he could mountains and exhausted tulip
American real estate boom. The city should be given a
velous achievements and the service
evaporation or soaking of the water
not be kept passively in the back. era are established on co-operative
green who have cast down their books have acted otherwise.
is growing with rapidity suggesting
into its bleak and desolate shores. This
and individual lines, are supported by you have rendered to mankind, we to take up the job of stone-breaking
The High Commissioner.
the miraculous touch of Alladin's ground. For the Orthodox rabbis the Keren Ilayesod. Four agricul- pledge ourselves to raise funds to as-
lake is on charged with various salts
lamp. We might call it an Eastern largely control Jewish life, still main- tural experiment stations for the var- sist in the noble work. It is our hope on the roads of Judea and Galilee. , H For many years I have known Sir that to sink in its waters is impossible
town with a western exposure. I was taining a mediaeval concept of wom•loos climatic zones of the country that the directorship of the new uni- Th ey are the best human material
erbert Samuel and watched his ca- while bathing severely tests the com-
wh i ch
rebu i ld
informed that with the assistance of an's status. They recognize woman's have been established and four more versity will be entrusted to you, and
reer. Ile and his family belong to plexion. Most remarkable of all is the
funds raised in other lands by the duties rather than her rights. But are being installed. During 1919 to that you may carry on your precious Israel, fo rthey have been tested in i , the stricter and more orthodox sec- fact that the lake, supposed to c.,ntain
Palestine Co-operative Company, and a determined group of Jewesses are 1921, 750,000 timber and decorative studies, adding to the home of our the great trial of the last decade, and tion of the Jewish community in Bri_ the ruins of Sodom, Gomorrah and
particularly by the Keren Ilayesod, in organizing, demanding representa trees were planted in a program of forefathers the luster of your own they have been found not wanting.' lain. In business, they are bankers 0 1 th
, is s
30e 0r cities
cf ei teit o r of thereaboutshoki,wuattehde
I have seen them working in their co - land bullion merchants an enterprise
America, financial institutions like tion and they will be heard from in afforestation. Millions of saplings for world renowned name."
thereabouts
In his reply Dr. Einstein said: operative settlements, in the valley which depends for its success upon t level io. f the sea. Nowhere, not in th e
the General Mortgage Bank have the near future. furtherance of afforestation have been
"Though science is the property of below Nazareth under the shadow of a meticulous accuracy of method and Grand Canyon itself, is there a phe-
been established which are a consid-
In conclusion, Dr. Harris paid tri- raised in the nurseries.
erable help in these building opera- bute to the different agencies, most 19,296 Immigrants in Two Years. all nations, a Jewish universtiy is Mount Tabor, and I felt that they reliability of character. It is this nomenon so mysterious and so sense.
were the true Pilgrim fathers who are , high standard of personal responsi-
Agricultural Colonies.
of them in America, that are aiding One of the most vital and pictur- nevertheless needed. If the Jews establishing a new
want to promote culture they have
Israel in the Holy billy that Herbert Samuel has ap-
To the engineer, a river falling
tions.
the Holy Land—the Joint Distribu• esque activities maintained is that of
Land, even as the descendants of the plied to all his conduct as a liritish 2,200 feet in 60 miles, with rapid trib-
to
combine
and
organize
institutions
"In visiting the agricultural settle- tins Committee, the Palestine De- the control and regulation of immi-
Mayflower
founded
a new England ' minister in England and as the execu- ut
a ries entering its channel, !twang
ments spread throughout the entire velopment Council and the American gration. In the two years from July, with their own means and their own along the shores of Massachusetts
tine in l'alestine. Trained in the waterpower rather than theelre)
and from Judaea to Gallilee, one Palestine Company. But the most 1920, to June, 1922,19,296 immigrants powers. They need this all the more
I Home Office, he has been brought is calculated that an expenditure of
must distinguish between the older important, because the argent both entered Palestine. The Keren Ilaye- in view of the present political de- bay.
"There must be a partnership be- into contact with law as decided by $5,000,000 on the first dam, about
velopments
and
having
regard
to
the
colonies mostly founded by Baron Ed- in supporters and in funds, is the sod looks after the landing, pays the
tween American Jews," Judge Rosen- judges of the Ili (wart d h eight miles below Lake Tiberias would
ward de Rothschild of France, and the Keren Ilayesod, an international Jew- per capita tax, furnishes medical ser- fact that a large percentage of their blatt concluded, "and these East
Eu- a mind at once alert, just and clear furnish enough power to serve the
newer co-operative colonies. In the ish organization. So many of the ac- vices, finds employment, transports to sons are refused admission into the
ropean immigrants whereby the for- in its grip of affairs. Parliamentary whole of Palestine's needs in that di-
former, while anxious to employ Jews tivities referred to are financed by it, place of employment and even ad- universities of other nations. Up to men will furnish the capital and
now
they
have
done
their
utmost
as
ad- debate has preserved Samuel from rection, so far as these can in•w be
the Arab's standard of living is so thus furthering the welfare of the vances small loans to enable the immi-
ministrative skill and the latter the, the fate of a mere bureaucrat. While foreseen. And it is to such enter-
primitive that it is impossible for new settlers. grant to establish himself in the coun- individuals to help others in the ad- brains and brawn for the develop- •
his efficiency is proverbial, he has not prises that Jewish finance all over the
vance
of
culture,
and
it
will
be
only
Jewish labor to compete with it. The
It deserves the generous support try. It maintains concentration camps
meat of Paelstine. Jewish progress ceased to he a Liberal in sympathy world will be directed.
p or ary shel- fair to themselves if, now as a race, in Palestine depends largely upon the
Arabian needs of life are very ele- of all Jews, apart from their viewsand barracks for the temporary
and outlook.
they
add
culture
through
the
medium
It cannot have been
Under the League of Nation, it is
mentary. In the meantime, because on Zionism. They might make as ter of the
h mmigrant
i immigrants.
of their own institutions. With that Palestine Foundation Fund (known without emotion that this statesman -, the duty of Great Britain to define
The Hebrew University.
the Jews do not wish to lower the their slogan, "A million to rebuild
in Hebrew as the Keren Ilayesod), bearing the very name of Samuel the her mandate over Palestine in a docu-
end
in
view
they
must
work
together
cent to further in addition to the activities and in-
standard of living, many are unem-
Palestine, gut not a
with all those prominent men who $2,000,000 of which has already been l'rnphet and steeped in the traditions ment, which thus becomes the charter
ployed and in want. In the co-opera- political ambition." Summarizing his stitutions reported on by the Palestine
are already devoting all their energy raised in America. It is this fund of the Old Testament , judged th or constitution under which the ter-
tive colonies, partly aided by funds survey, Dr. Harris concluded: "In Zionist Executive, the Keren Hayesod
to the fulfillment of this great ideal." that has made possible the new im- very land where were the sites oi ritory is administered. The terms of
from outside, the tilers of the soil the three domains of industry, edu- reports to its credit a number of other
A sum amounting to close to £1,000 migration, that has developed the Gilgal, Bethel and Mizpeh, the cities that mandate have been ISX111, 1 an
are all Jews and very rapidly becom- cation and religion, our people may achievements, conspicuous among
was raised for the Hebrew University Medical Unit which serves alike the of Samuel's own jurisdiction—that approved by the United Sthi,s of
ing self-supporting.
may be able to offer to the world a which is the advancement of the ini- at Singapore in honor of Professor needs of Christians, Mohammedans he sae, his son, on the Mount of America. To the League, the
"I visited many of the Jewish stimulating example of Jewish ife in fiat sums amounting to $12,500 for
and Jews, and has estabished the Ile- Olives, marrying with picturesque mandate has been submitted, bet, at
the promotion of the Ruttenberg Einstein's visit.
schools and found Hebrew the sole
brew schools, which in the short rites a Jewish maiden of the historic this date of writing, objectoin has
the ancient land of Israel."
medium of instruction in all subjects
period of a few years have already seaport of Jaffa.
been taken to it by Italy and France.
from the kindergarten to the High
Sir Herbert, though a Jew, has ap- What may be the reasons for I hose
reintroduced the language of the
School. The text books, maps, all the
proached
Bible as the mother tongue of the
his task as a citizen. Of objections, it is not for me t. Say.
educational paraphernalia are in He-
Jews in the land of Israel."
his impartiality, no question has been With the terms of her mandate over
brew. This language is becoming the
or can be raised. His staff, as last Syria, France is not yet ready, and
means of bringing together different
reported, is as follows: Christians, it may be that Italy is anxious to
groups of Jews hieing from various
1,290; Jews, 616, and Moslems, 597, be reassured over the Roman C•itho-
By SAMUEL UNTERMYER
lands.
or 2,503 officials, British and Pales- lie interests in the Iloly Flee , Be
Chairman Keren Hayesod Board of Trustees
Peruses of Interest.
tinian, in all. The figures suggest that as it may, the delay show: that,
that merit alone has dictated the Palestine is not "a British Posse. , ion
"Who are some of the notable peo-
choice of officials. In the interests of Indeed, it is not "British" rule that
ple you met in Palestine?" Dr. Harris
Palestine, all three religions are ex- the Arabs profess to dread, but rather
was asked.
pected to co-operate.
"I met Ahad Hearn at Casino Pier
the possibility of a Jewish majority
There is an advisory council, con- when the work of Great Britain in
at Tel-Aviv. He has suffered a nerv-
sisting of 10 unofficial members, nomi- Palestine is complete. It is the pol-
ous breakdown and is living here to
nated by the High Commissioner. icy of the High Commissioner to
be near the members of his family.
Four of these are Moslems, three are bring the Arab leaders into friend-
While soothed by the Mediterranean
Jews. The council meets monthly for lier touch with the Zionists. Even the
breakers, we talked of many things. I
two days and, at last reported, there most cautious of the Arabs most
tried to find out to what extent the
has been no occasion on which the realize that Palestine is gravely un-
Jewish youth, now freed from labor
High Commissioner has been unable to derdeveloped. It may not he de , ired,
on Saturday, attend divine service.
accept the vote of the majority. The whether by Zionists or Palestinians ,
For I find that here, as in the West,
proceedings, moreover, are published that
they are facing, though in lesser de-
great manufacturing cities
in the press. It cannot be said, as should spring up to enrich an essen-
gree, the same problem with radical
yet, that Palestine has parliamentary tially simple community. But, on the
elements in the young impetuous gen-
institutions. But in Jerusalem and other hand, it cannot be conceded to
eration. In Jerusalem I met Miss
in the smaller towns the association the Arabs that they, in their present
Henrietta Szold supervising with
for
different faiths in the common du- numbers and with their present cub
painstaking care one of the large
ties of citizenship is preparing the ture, shall for all time veto the pro-
Palestine projects, the Iladassah
way
for this anticipated develop- Kress of Palestine toward the revived
Medical Organization, doing so much
ment.
glory which most be hers. Palestine
for health and sanitation. I wish that
the
Sanhedrin Revived.
no more belongs exclusively to
its hospital was as splendid a build-
There remains, then, the question Arabs than she belongs to the sand
ing as some of those maintained by
how far the work of Sir Herbert Sam- of the desert in which the Arab finds
the Gentiles. (Few of the imposing
uel, excellent as it is admitted to have hie true home. In years to come, it is
edifices of the land of Israel are in SENATOR HENRY CABOT LODGE,
been locally, has furthered the world- obvious that this country, stricken so
COL JOSIAH WEDGWOOD,
Jewish hands.) I met the enthusias- Who was the author of the Zionist
wide aims of the Zionists. With one often, extolled in poetry still match-
tic Miss Sofia Berger who is placing Resolution that was unanimously
Leader of British Labor Party, who achievement, at any rate hi
less, will become the center and focus
orphans and directing trade schools adopted by the United States Senate.
is among the stroosest champions of will be forever associated by
• Jewry• of en increasing volume o
with funds administered by the Joint The resolution favored the establish.
the Jewish cause on the Boor of
the When the Romans under Titus, be- travel and an increasing convergence
Distribution Committee of America.
British Parliament.
'deiced and destroyed Jerusalem in the of human thought.
merit of a national homeland for the
"I ran across the genial and hos- Jewish people In Palestine.
pitable Dr. Eder, Mr. Norman Bent-
FIGURES TELL STORY OF LAYING
JEWISH PALESTINE FOUNDATIONS
ALBERT EINSTEIN
URGES UNIVERSITY
IN NEW JERUSALEM
AUTHOR OF ZIONIST
SENATE RESOLUTION
MEETING PLACE FOR ALL JEWS
A NON-JEWISH FRIEND
The Keren Hayesod is an instrument
which makes it possible for the Jews to pool
the necessary resources for restoring the
waste places of the Holy Land and repeo-
pling it with prosperous Jewish communi-
ties.
I am proud and happy to be associated
with this great constructive and idealistic
undertaking, and beseech for it the gener-
ous interest and support of every Jew re.
gardless of the particular form of his belief.
The Keren Hayesod stands high and above
and beyond and far removed from the
strifes and discords of party or politics. Its
platform is big and broad—it is one on which
Jews of all shades of opinion find a com-
mon meeting place.