. 9 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle Septoubcr 11, 1942 ma - Events In Keren Kaymeth History By ADOLF POLLAK decades of Jewish Nation- a l rl history depict a sector , of 4.,,r Renaissance movement whirl, ran never become obsolete becau it is forever closely con- m u , with venerated men and with vents which once moved our b• :t•ts deeply. under dramatic auspices It that !'heodot . Herzl created the Peep! Fund. His passionate de- mand !•or disregard of all formal diflici:Hes was based, not only upon ..cguments of reason, but of sentir. , iit as well; he realized the imme,He imponderables comprised Seasot's Greetings! A. VERDONCKT BAKERY 15046 MACK AVE. TO. 2-0722 NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS Blue Bird Fur Shop Practical Furriers • Designers Store Your Furs in Our Certified Cold Storage Vaults 8262 TWELFTH ST. Col Virginia Park MAdison 1110 Editor's Note:—The story of the Zionist melt of destiny is related in the following article dealing with outstanding events and personalities in the history of the Keren Kaymeth. The writer, an eminent Palestinian historian, reviews the early days of the Zionist movement and describes the dramatic moments in th e founding of the Jewish National Fund 40 years ago. therein. In his opening address to the Fifth Congress, he outlined this conception in simple terms, as follows: "The people shall not only set uo this Fund but shall also control its disposition in per- petuity." During the short period of life granted to him after the Fund's establishment, he watched its development with affection and care, himself contributing con- siderable (Iodations, among them various inscriptions in the Golden Book. It s superfluous to mention here details of Johann Kremenezky's devoted work on behalf of the Jewish National Fund during a period of six years of incessant endeavovrs to set up a world- embracing fund raising apparatus. David Wolffsohn, Herzl's suc- •esso•, was also a great friend of I the Jewish National Fund. vividly recollect him, as he moved among delegates and guests at the Sixth Congress, thus collect- ing a substantial sum of money for the first inscription in honor of Herzl's mother in the Golden Book. At the instigation of Wolffsohn, Dr. M. J. Bodenheimer, his oldest Zionist friend and collaborator, took upon himself the manage- ment of the Jewish National Fund's Central Offices, transferred in May, 1908, from Vienna to Cologne. Dr. Bodenheimer is also the creator of the Jewish Na- tional Fund's legal status. Greatest merits must be cred- ited to Adolf Boehm for popular- izing the theoretical aspects of SEASON'S GREETINGS L'Shono Tovo Tikosevu! 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Among those who devoted much effort to the Keren Kayemeth, the name of Dr. Yehiel Tshlenov, who for many years was the Chairman of the Jewish National Fund Committee in Russia, must also be mentioned. From the tragic events at the Sixth Congress, in connection with the 1.1ganda project, ensued—so to say, as a reaction—a very far- reaching debate on Palestine, fol- lowing which a Palestine Com- mission of Three was elected. Their Head was Professor Otto Warburg, whose first action was the creation of the Tree Fund, one of the most popular branches of fund raising activity for the Jewish National Fund. The resolution adopted by the Ninth Congress in Hamburg, to create a cooperative settlement fund in accordance with Franz Oppenheime•'s proposal, and the establishment of Merhavia—the first settlement in Emek Jezreel- made Oppenheimer, too, a support- er of the Jewish National Fund and its principles. To him, we owe a valuable enrichment of our Jewish National Fund literature. The outbreak of the Frst World War necessitated the transfer of Jewish National Fund Headquar- ters to The Hague, where, again, devoted and responsible Zionists put themselves at the disposal of the Jewish National Fund, as trustees. Nehemia de Lieme has greatly contributed to laying the foundations of the land policy of the Jewish National Fund. The first representative meet- ing of Jewish National Fund workers from countries all over the world was held in 1921, on the occasion of the 12th Zionist Congress. This World Conference of the Jewish National Fund offered an opportunity of thor- oughly discussing fund raising ac- tivities, and was only the first of a series of successive world and district Jewish National Fund conferences. The decision taken by the Twelfth Congress to transfer the Head Office to Jerusalem—a reso- lution authoritatively supported by the President of the Board of Di- rectors, Mr. Ussishkin, led, a year later, to the actual transfer of the first central Zionist insti- tution to Eretz Israel. From now onwards, there be- gan a new great era of the Jew- ish National Fund, from the or- ganizational and financial stand- points alike. The journeys under- taken by Ussishkin in the year 1924 ad later, which brought him in contact with almost all Euro- pean countries, with the Jewries of Canada and the United States, were the prelude to this develop- ment. Wo all appreciate the hn- portan•e to the Jewish National Fund of these journeys, but they were, at the same time, a power- CADILLAC 9083 ful demonstration for Zionism in general, effective for years to come. We succeeded in expanding and consolidating, particularly in Europe, the fund raising appar- atus of the Jewish National Fund, in developing on broad lines its fuml raising methods and devices. In 1933, almost one million boxes had been placed in Jewish homes, tens Of thousands of co-workers were exerting their best efforts to raise national funds. The idea of Geulath Ila'aretz integrated ever more closely with the daily life of the masses of the people; every nat'onal, religious or other occasion was utilized by the world-embracing. fund raising ma- chinery of the land Fund. The income of the Jewish National Fund has increased from year to year. Though the receipts are made up chiefly of small sums donitted by the masses, the Fund has, in the course of years, also appealed to the well-to-do and derived substantial contributions through bequests, legacies and en- dowments, in some instances, amounting to sums equalling the Fund's total income of a whole year before the First World War. Nobody, least of all those who were privileged to participate in the work of the Jewish National Fund since its establishment, ex- pected that after a period of 40 years. our National Fund would find the Jewish people in the ter- rible plight which it is experi- encing at present. Europe, from which continent but a few years ago the Jewish National Fund derived the bulk of its receipts, has been almost entirely elimi- nated from the ranks of our contributing countries. Fortunate- ly, the other parts of the world —the U.S.A. being the leading country—have made good the en- suing decline in the income of the Jewish National Fund. The imperturable faith in the victory of justice—including the victory of our great solemn cause —strengthens our hope that the sacrifices and efforts exerted by 1111 sections of national Jewry for the aim of Redemption of the Land will not have been made in vain. We may hope that the Jewish National Fund, having been preserved during the first World War, will also emerge tri- umphantly from the hardships of the present world struggle, and that it will be enabled, under happier conditions, to take up again its activity in all parts of See PERSONALITIES—Page 16 Happy New Year! Cordial Greetings and Sincere Good Wishes to the Entire Community for a Happy and Pros- perous New Year. • • OPEN EVENINGS 11 DETROIT STORES SINCERE GOOD WISHES for a HAPPY NEW YEAR MILGRIM Incorporated —I N THE— FISHER BLDG. Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu—A Happy New Year The Sperber Mfg. Co. MADISON 4290 1815-21 TROMBLY Automatic Turnings . . . 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