_Friday, May 22, 1-942
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Three
housands Yet to Be Reached as Allied
ampaign Workers Redouble Efforts
and Quota Lacks $258,831; Director of Refugee Service
To Speak at Report Meeting
rive Enters Its Final Week
seph C. Hyman, Dr. James G. Heller and S. Bertrand
Jacobson Describe Urgent Jewish Relief Needs
in Present World Scene
Detroit's Allied Jewish Campaign, as of Wednesday,
ay 20, is $258,831 short of the $985,000 goal set for the
42 record campaign for overseas needs and for national
d local causes.
With only one more week left officially for the con-
usion of the drive, workers will rally twice next week—
Monday, when Dr. Albert
rahamson will be the guest
Committee, the United Palestine
aker, and on Wednesday, when
e solicitors will decide on a Appeal and the National Refugee
al date for the campaign wind- Service.
k_
Speaking of work being ach-
ost of the teams reporting
ieved in Palestine, Mr. Hyman
showing increases over last
ar's pledges, and the chief declared, "Would to God that
cern at the present time is Palestine today might have had
t the thousands who have not a million Jews." He told of the
been solicited be reached by rise of the Jewish Homeland from
volunteer workers. Leaders a population of 50,000 Jews to the
the drive are confident that present 550,000, and declared that
en these prospective contrib- "Palestine today, with 550.000
rs are contacted, the quota
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be achieved.
Two important work-
er' luncheon report meet-
ings will be held at Hotel
Stotler next week.
News Brevities
(Compiled by Independent
Jewish Press Service)
AMERICA: The Jewish Occu-
pational Council called upon Jew-
ish national and local organiza-
tions to join in an intensive ef-
fort to rout out the un-American
plants and offices which are dis-
criminating against the employ-
ment of Jews.
Martin Agronsky, NBC corres-
pondent, was awarded a cita-
tion by Rutgers University for
his "fearless and searching in-
terpretation of world events."
DR. ALBERT ABRAHAMSON
The Synagogue Council of
American issued a "Shovuoth af-
firmation." in which were con- laws of the U. S. which do not
tained the essential theses of
make a differentiation between
Judaism.
Lion Feuchtwanger, noted aut- enemy and friendly aliens.
hor, assailed the "enemy alien"
The Daughters of the Ameri-
On Monday, the speak-
er will be Dr. Albert Ab-
rahamson. executive di-
rector of the National
Refugee Service. w h o
formerly was professor of
economics at Bowdoin
College.
Workers will meet
again on Wednesday to
hear reports and to plan
for the date of a final
meeting for the wind up
of the drive.
can Revolution passed a resolu-
tion condemning foreign-langu-
age schools and advocated their
!closure.
USIASM HIGH
thusiasm among the work-
is unabated. The last report
ting wlqld on We day
1
w
11 Dr. -IMAM G. Helleir, ttesi-
t of the Central Conference
American Rabbis and chair-
n of the national executive
'ttee of the Zionist Organi-
ion of America. was the guest
aker. The final report at that
ting was for a total of $726,-
, which is 74 per cent of the
eta.
e luncheon report meeting
Monday was addressed by
ph C. Hyman, executive vice-
ident of the Joint Distribu-
Committee. Henry Wineman
ided. The report meeting was
ided over by Louis C. Blum-
rg.
onday's report was for a
1 of $661.933. which was 67
r .cent of the quota and a 62
r cent coverage of prospects'
ps.
TLUCES ACTIVITIES
r. Hyman's address was re-
te with facts regarding activi-
by the three organizations in-
ded in the United Jewish Ap-
al — the Joint Distribution
onsky Will Get
onorary Degree
HILADELPHIA — Henry
nsky, of Omaha, Neb., presi-
t of Bnai Brith, oldest and
gest national Jewish service
anization, will have confer-
upon him the honorary de-
of Doctor of Hebrew Let-
at the 30th annual Founder's
y and commencement exer-
es of the Dropsie College for
brew and Cognate Learning,
.Sunday evening, May 24, Dr.
raham A. Neuman, president,
ounced.
e first lay leader of Jewry
o is not an academician and
_ fifth person in the College's
years to be thus honored, Mr.
nsky will speak on "Jewish
ival—Our Special Respon-
ility." Others who had grey-
ly received this honorary de-
were Norman Bentwich,
er attorney_ - general of
destine; the late Dr. Israel
vidson, professor of Hebrew
ature at the Jewish Theo-
'cal Seminary of America;
. Ismar Elbogen, former head
the Jewish Theological Sem-
at Breslau and the leading
ish scholar of Germany; and
. Louis Ginzberg, professor of
ud at the Jewish Theologi-
Seminary of Anierica.
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