A i ericam 'apish Periodical Cotter
October 4, 1940
RELIEF
(Continued from Page 4)
states, hundreds of thousands of
native-born Jews and refugees
who are being declassed, uproot-
ed and deprived of economic and
civil rights, are receiving every
possible kind of assistance.
Throughout South and Central
America and in Shanghai the
J. D. C. conducts extensive pro-
grams of refugee aid.
WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN PALESTINE?
And, now, what of Palestine
—where 500,000 Jews, more than
half of them refugees from Hit-
lerism, have found a permanent
haven and home? How has the
war affected these forward-look-
ing. people? Have they been able
to counteract the economic set-
back resulting from the conflict
of which they are a part? Does
immigration continue? Are the
newcomers absorbed into the in-
dustrial and agricultural fabric
of the country? Do land pur-
chase and colonization continue?
As British-mandated territory,
Palestine is in the theatre of the
present war. Although the coun-
try has been placed on a war
Tooting, Jews of Palestine are
carrying on uninterruptedly the
program of rebuilding, immigra-
tion and colonization supported
with funds provided by Ameri-
can Jews through the instrumen-
tality of the United Palestine
Appeal, constituent agency of
the United Jewish Appeal for
Refugees and Overseas Needs.
Though Palestine has endured
one year of war, the Jewish com-
munity of 500,000 has maintain-
ed a steady tempo of progress
in its program of construction.
The flow of Jewish immigration
has been sustained, colonization
has gone forward and the estab-
lishment of new industries has
helped to restore the economic
structure to normality. Alterna-
tive channels of immigration have
permitted Jewish refugees to
find their way to Palestine, de-
spite the closing of the Mediter-
ranean.
The present crisis has confront-
ed the Jewish Agency for Pales-
tine with emergency problems of
unusual gravity, creating a situa-
tion in which it is required to
provide substantial resources for
special industrial and public
works projects beyond the needs
of its regular budget for advanc-
ing the development of the Jew-
ish homeland.
There is in addition a greater
dependency on the United Pal-
estine Appeal this year, owing to
the fact that sources of mater-
ial support in Poland, Holland,
Belgium, France and other coun-
tries have been wiped out by the
devastation of war.
A state of war is not a new
experience to the Jewish com-
munity in Palestine. Three and
one-half years of Arab disorders
have taught the Jews of Pales-
tine the full meaning of emerg-
ency and challenge. They have
learned to meet both in every
phase of activity whether it be
economic or agricultural or whe-
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then it involved the crucial issue total of 16,000 Jews arrived in
of assuring the security and de- Palestine. During the six months
fense of Jewish urban or rural from April to September, 1940,
districts. the British Government made
In the present emergency Pal- available 9,000 certificates to the
estine, which is linked with the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
(2) ABSORPTION OF REF-
remaining democracies of the
world in the defense of western UGES: Refugees arriving during
civilization, is going forward with the past year have brought little
its tasks of rebuilding, determin- more than the clothes on their
ed to maintain the channels of backs. The Jewish Agency for
hope and escape for Jewish ref- Palestine has been called upon
ugees fleeing from the zones of to extend an increasing measure
disaster
in Europe.
Through
the of financial support for the main-
United Palestine
Appeal,
Ameri-
can Jewry has the responsibility tenance of impoverished refugees,
and opportunity to carry on this many of whom require medical
program:
care. In addition, it is required
(1) IMMIGRATION: Despite to provide for the absorption and
the closing of the Mediterranean retraining of non-quota immi-
as a result of Italy's entry into grants who are released by the
the war, immigration of Jewish government only on the guaran-
refugees into Palestine has con- tee that they will not become
tinued throughout the entire per- public charges. In the early part
iod of the present conflict. By of July and August, 1940, the
means of a special agreement Palestine Government released
with the Russian Government ref • 2,235 non-certificated immigrants
ugees seeking to enter Palestine who had been detained in in-
are employing a number of al- ternment camps. These refugee. ,,
ternative emigration channels. were permitted to remain in the
The new routes extend from country and become integrated
Greece, Rumania, Sweden, Lith- in the Jewish community only
uania and Russia. There are many after the Jewish Agency gave
who have used the overland route its assurance of support. Since
through Turkey and Syria. In 1933 approximately 90,000 Jew-
the eleven months from Septem- ish refugees from Germany were
ber 1, 1939 to July 31, 1940, a absorbed in Palestine through the
cooperation of the United Pales-
tine Appeal.
(3) AGRICULTURAL COLO-
NIZATION: To provide oppor-
tunities for agricultural settle-
ment for the newcomers, the Pal
estine Foundation Fund and the
Jewish National Fund which are
See RELIEF—Page 10
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