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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

January 17, 1941

Administrative Council of Zionist Organization of America
Endorses Independent Palestine Campaign for $12,000,000

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ZIONISM A PRIVILEGE TO EVERY JEW,
SAYS DR. ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN

WASHINGTON, D. C.—Zionism as a source of
Calls Upon Zionists Throughout Country to Secure Maximum Support for United Palestine
Appeal in Their Communities; Immigration, Colonization Depends on Campaign
renewed courage and strength to American Jewry in the
announced
leaders
now
visiting
this
country,
present time of crisis was stressed this week in a special
director,
The Administrative Council of executive
that the total income for the who praised the valiant stand of message by Dr. Israel Goldstein, President of the Jewish
in Pales-
the Z i o n i s t Organization of
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America, the ruling body of the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1940, the Jewish commun of democracy National Fund of America and a vice president of the
was
more
than
$1,801,000
for
tine
in
defense
Z. 0. A. between annual conven- the purchase of Palestine land, alongside Great Britain.
Zionist Organization of America, issued on the occasion
tions, meeting in Philadelphia
Mr. Ben Gurion, who is chair-
the
of Zionist Membership
Sunday afternoon, Jan. 5, unani- as against $1,774,000 for
same period in 1939. The income man of the Jewish Agency Exe-
mously endorsed the independent
Month.
at Jerusalem, lauded
campaign by the United Palestine in 1940 included $1,254,000 from cutive
"Z i o n i s t membership,"
the
United
Palestine
Appeal,
of
America's
role
under
the
leader-
Appeal for $12,000,000 in 1941
ship of President Roosevelt as
said
Dr. Goldstein, "is need-
which
the
fund
is
a
constituent
to meet the growing and extraor-
dinary war needs of colonization body. Mr. Fisher further reported the champion of freedom an
ed not only for the sake of
that the income of the Jewish justice and called upon American
strengthening a n d safe-
and immigration in Palestine.
National Fund had reported a Jewry to become the champion
on
guarding the position of the
After
listening
to
reports
negotiations with the United Jew-steady yearly increase since 1934, of down-trodden Jewish people.
Jewish National Home. It
$200,- Dr. Goldmann, referring to the
ish Appeal, and following ad-when the income was only
Jewish problem in Europe after
is not only the Zionist mem- •
dresses by Zionist representatives000•
ber that has something to
of various communities, pledging A report on negotiations with the war, urged a strong and mili-
in the effort the United Jewish Apeal and the tant attitude on the part of
offer for the benefit of Pal-
support
maximum
to raise their full quotas, the factors leading to the decision for American Jewry for the recon-
estine. Identification with
meeting of the Council unani- an independent campaign by the i
struction
of Jewish life in the
upbuild-
the cause of Palestine and
mously approved a statement call- United Palestine Appeal was pre- world and the complete
Zionism has something to
ing upon "all American Jews to rented by Henry Montor, execu- ing of the Jewish homeland in
give with unstinted generosity tive director of the latter body, Palestine, and asserted that
offer to him. It offers him
and to work with unremitting de- who discussed the emergency American Zionists now had an
the privilege at a time when
votion so that the campaign of needs and problems confronting historic
role. guest speaker was the
millions of Jews in Europe
Another
the United Palestine Appeal may the Jewish Agency for Palestine
are like helpless, driven
preserve the magnificent struc- in the face of the war situation. Rev. M. L. Perlzweig, English
brought
leaves, to exercise his will
ture that has already been creat- Ile said that the Jewish Agency Zionist leader, the
who
f
1 totaled $13,- greetings from sse
and initiative in behalf of
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ed in Palestine, and to strengthen budget
i
ists o f
Z on whi
its foundations for the future 640,000 and that, with the ruin Englan. He ed art
the most creative effort in
when in a new world Jews may of European Jewry, the sole re- Jewish philanthropic and chari-
which the Jewish people is
find security, opportunity and sponsibility for meeting the urg- table efforts had been diminished
GOLDSPEIN
DR.
ISRAEL
engaged.
freedom in the Jewish National ent financial requirements rested in England during the war the
Jewry
The
immi-
efforts
there
in
behalf
of
Pales-
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"By identifying himself with nation-building in Pal-
Home."
gration and salvation of countless tine had been expanded. He re-
estine
at a time when destruction is the order of the
The
session
of
the
Council
was
presided over by Judge Louis E. thousands of Jewish refugees de- ported that many Zionists in
Levinthal of Philadelphia and Fended on the raising of the England were included in the
elsewhere,
he gives content, lift and verve to his
necessary funds by the United casualties of the British forces or day
his
own
life.
Zionism
substitutes dynamics for apologetics.
had
been
victims
in
air
raids.
was attended by some 150 repre- Palestine Appeal, he said.
Rabbi Isadore Breslau, execu- It infuses Jewish life with dignity. It raises the ceiling of
sentatives from all parts of the
Review World Problem
tive director, submitted a report
country.
The meeting heard addresses on the progress of the Zionist Jewish hope and aspiration," Dr. Goldstein concluded.

J. N. F. Report
Reporting for the Jewish Na- by David Ben Gurion and Dr. Organization of America during
tional Fund, Mendel N. Fisher, Nahum Goldmann, World Zionist the last six months.

Palestine's Reconstruction Is Dependent
Upon Zionism's Numerical Strength

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Salient Facts of Zionist Achievement in Palestine

520,000 Jews are now living in Palestine, 470,000 having
immigrated since 1920; 200,000 refugees from Germany,
Czecho-Slovakia and Poland settled in 1933-1940.
$500,000,000 was invested in agricultural and industrial
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enterprises in Palestine since 19 8, i
J ewnclu National F un.
Palestine's mortality rate has been reduced to the lowest
figure in the entire Near East.
More than 158,900 tons of cargo have been handled at the
all-Jewish port of Tel Aviv in the fiscal year 1939; 15,-
310,000 cases of citrus fruit exported in 1939. The Harbor
at Haifa ranks among the foremost ports of the Mediter-
ranean.
The number of Jewish industries has grown from 1,500
in 1920 to over 8,000 in 1940.
For the first time in Jewish history, Jewish aviation is being
national aviation
of Aviron,
h
developed under the auspices Jew
is Agency
corporation with support of
260 new colonies and agricultural settlements were
founded; 60 new settlements established since April, 1936.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, founded in 1925,
now ranks among the foremost institutions of learning in
the world.

In present emergency American Zionists carry
sole responsibility for fate of Jewish Homeland

DR. THEODOR HERZL

The Dream of Dr. Theodor
Herzl Is Coining True • • •

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