Friday, September 11, 1942

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THE JEWISH NEWS

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LAND FOR VICTORY

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By DR. ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN

President, Jewish National Fund of America

Today it is common knowl- tional Fund land now consti- new settlement, Dorot. In the future survival of Jews as indi- the future with confidence, we
may hope that the expanded
edge. The defense of the Middle tutes 41 per cent of the total same region, progress has been viduals and as a nation.
Since 1933 the Jewish popula- Jewish National Home will be
Eastern lands, including Pales- Jewish area, and of the products made at Yavne, the seat of the
capable and open for absorbing
tine, and their liberation — in from Jewish land in Palestine, Sanhedrin after the destruction tion of Palestine has more than the Sixth Aliyah which will
case of temporary invasion—are J. N. F. land is responsible for of the Second Temple, by an- doubled. Our land possessions come to the shores of a free
among the most vital tasks of 60 per cent of the wheat; 65 per other agricultural settlement; a have been increased by 400,000 Eretz Israel with the coming of
dunams. The number of Jewish
the United Nations in this war.
agricultural settlements has Victory.
The new appreciation of global
grown from 150 to 265, and Jew- (Copyright, 1942, Jewish Telegraphic
geography is spreading fast due
Agency, Inc.)
ish industrial output has ex-
to the march of military events
panded threefold (from an in
and the progress in popular un-
vestment of LP. 5,400,000 to LP.
derstanding of the grand strat-
18,000,000). The absorption of
egy, political as well as military,
this relatively large immigration
which the United States and the
was due to the firm foundation
United Nations must pursue to
created by the former waves of
win in this world conflict.
immigration and laid by national
Today it is equally appreciated
capital and national land. Facing
that whatever strength is added
to this sector of the front is a
contribution of vital importance
to the front as a whole. A sum-
mary of the wartime tasks- and
achievements of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund on the advent of the
Hebrew year 5703. will, there-
Dorot, the most southerly settlement on Jewish National Fund
fore, help us, as Americans and
as Jews, to properly orientate land in Palestine which has recently been started. The settlers
Insurance
are
still
living in primitive camp conditions, but as is seen, the
ourselves with regard to our
fields
already
bear
crops.
wartime outlook and responsi-
P. L. Kanter, Associate
bilities.
cent of milk and milk products, Talmudic College is to be created
1626 David Stott Bldg.
here
in
due
course.
New Land Acquisitions
75 per cent of eggs and poultry,
The activity of the Jewish Na- and 77 per cent of vegetables. In Population Doubled In Decade
Detroit
tional -Fund, the land-acquiring this way, the needs of both ci-
Though the war has slackened
vilian
and
military
population
and reclaiming agency. is basic
the pace of new settlement ac-
and fundamental to the entire have been incre-ningly met with tivity, new colonies have con-
correspondingly
reduced
pres-
enterprise. American Jews will
tinued to be established on J. N.
find particular interest in the re- sure on shipping space.
F. land during the war. During
counting of the achievements Revive Ancient Gath
the year 5701, the foundations
since the bulk of the financial re-
Jewish Palestine has thus be- were laid for six new settle-
sources that made these achieve- come more self-sufficient than ments. in addition to the eight
ments possible have come from heretofore in regard to important that were established during the
the United States through the primary foodstuffs owing to the first war year.
operations of the 3o-called tradi- great development of mixed
Come ivhat may, the wealth,
tional fund-raising program of farming on Jewish National the energy, the planning and the
the Jewish National Fund and Fund land.
development that have gone into
its participation in the United
Every car in use today must last the longest
The national Jewish land hold- the making of the Jewish Na-
Palestine Appeal and the United ings now stand at approximately tional Home and its augmenta-
Jewish Appeal.
possible time. That calls not only for USE
600,000 dunams, the Fund having tion in the first three years of
Between Sept. 1, 1931, and July
the war, will serve us well in
carefully considered to avoid waste of rub-
15, 1942, the Jewish National continued, during the past three the period that lies ahead. What-
Fund has acquired 115,000 du- war years, to acquire fresh areas ever the temporary fortunes of
in
all
parts
of
the
country,
con-
ber, gasoline and oil, but even more im-
nams of land. These new land
solidating old purchases and ex- war may bring, Palestine, having
areas. together with those pre-
absorbed five waves of Jewish
portantly for CARE designed to conserve
tending
in
new
directions.
Of
viously acquired. have helped
immigration (the fifth wave
Jewish Palestine to make a very historic as well as economic sig- which began in 1933 having
your car to the utmost. * If you can make
of
vital contribution toward the nificance is the extension
Jewish National Fund land in brought on its crest 280,000 refu-
war effort.
the countless precise adjustments that keep
gees, a number exceeding that
Most important has been the the south in the past year. An- absorbed by any country not ex-
cient
Gath
has
been
revived,
a
a car at its best—fine. * If those things are
contribution of the Jewish Na-
cluding the United States), has
tional Fund in the home front new agricultural settlement is now been placed in a position of
now
growing
on
the
old
Philis-
beyond you, remember that your General
effort to produce more food. Im-
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An
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Greeting
from
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and attention now are centered on KEEP-
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Antiques—
of
The
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ING GOOD CARS GOOD. * He main-
additional area of 50,000 dunams
placed under irrigation for in-
tains an expert servicing staff. His shop
tensive cultivation. Jewish Na-

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