Friday, Decembir 25, 1942
THE JEWISH NEWS
Guild's Children's
Show Huge Success
Leading U. S. Jewish Communities
Participate in War Chest Drives
Summary of Recent Developments Issued by Council of
Federations and Welfare Funds; New Trends to Be
Discussed at Assembly, January 16-18
The Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare
Funds has issued an important summary of recent develop-
ments in many communities throughout the land, includ-
ing Detroit, where Jewish campaigns for funds have been
merged with the War Chests.
At the 10th general assembly of the Federations, to
be held in Cleveland on Jan.4'
16, 17 and 18, these new de-
generosity which was an ex-
velopments will be fully dis-
ample to the rest of the city."
cussed by the delegates. A large
From a Kansas City war chest
Detroit delegation is expected to
officer: "It was a real thrill to
attend these sessions.
see men and women interested
The Federations' summary
in different phases of welfare,
shows that between 450 and 500
youth and health work, work-
cities - have organized War
ing side by side in our united
Chests.
appeal."
8 Cities in War Chests
Equally successful was the St.
At the present time eight Louis War Chest which raised
Jewish welfare funds—Detroit, $5,027,698 on a goal of $4,850,-
St. Louis, Kansas City, Cincin- 000. The Jewish Welfare Fund,
nati, Chicago, New Orleans, which entered the war chest as
Flint, Mich., and Lancaster, Pa., a unit with all beneficiary
—have joined their local War agencies included, is in the war
Chests. Conversations between chest for $467,000, the average
War Chests and Welfare Fund for the past three JWF cam-
leaders are proceeding in a paigns.
number of other cities. An inter-
The Camden, N. J., Commun-
esting situation developed in ity Chest, which included local
Portland, Me., where a Jewish Jewish needs only, bettered its
Federation was organized for $300,000 goal by $50,000. The
local, national and overseas Cincinnati War Chest is now
needs early in 1942. Shortly under way, including the Jewish
thereafter, a Portland War Chest Welfare Fund, which raised
was organized and after nego- $380,372 in 1941 for all its bene-
tiations with the Jewish Feder- ficiaries. As in Detroit, civic-
ation, it was agreed that the protective work, local and na-
local Jewish agencies should be tional, has been excluded from
included in the War Chest.
the campaign.
In Atlantic City, the Com-
The New Orleans War Chest,
munity Chest extended its scope which includes the local Jewish
this year, taking over the local Welfare Fund, will launch its
Jewish agencies previously sup- campaign for $1,485,000 on Jan-
ported by the Jewish Federation, uary 11. The New Orleans JWF,
Which in turn, will campaign included as a complete unit, is
directly for its national and in the war chest for $133,000—
overseas budget next spring. .
the yearly average of the JWF's
A similar situation exists in last three campaigns.
Camden, N. J., where a Com-
Independent Campaigns
munity Chest was organized this
Independent Jewish campaigns
Fall, for the first time. In its for local, national and overseas
first campaign the Camden
needs were similarly successful
Community Chest included local this Fall. The Philadelphia Allied
Jewish needs, whereas the ex-
Jewish Appeal, which last year
isting Jewish Federation has al-
raised $976,321, came through
ready concluded a successful
with $1,265,000, an increase of
campaign for national and over-
about 30 per cent over its 1941
seas needs.
figure. The Boston Combined Ap-
Nearly 2 Million
peal rolled up a record-breaking
Campaign reports from cities
total of $1,295,000 (1941—$1,233,-
in which Jewish welfare funds
634) with indications pointing to
participated in local war
a final figure of more than $1,-
chests have been enthusiastic.
The Detroit War Chest, earn-
paigning for $5,800,000 will
, exceed $7,000,000. The War
Chest results were especially
gratifying to the Jewish com-
munity since the Detroit Allied
Jewish Campaign only a few
months earlier had conducted
a highly successful Spring
Postwar Rehabilitation to Be
campaign, raising $897,341
Planned at Cleveland
against a 1941 accomplishment
of $335,633. Though no break-
Meeting, Jan. 1 6-18
down of the War Chest cam-
Participation of Federal wel-
paign figures is available as
fare agencies in the gigantic task
yet, it appears that the De-
of post-war planning and reha-
troit Jewish community
bilitation will be discussed by
pledged close to $2,000,000 this
year — $897,341 to the 1942 Charles P. Taft, assistant direc-
Spring Allied Jewish Cam- tor of the Government's Defense,
paign and a much higher Health and Welfare Services, at
total to the war chest drive the 10th annual General Assem-
for 1943 funds.
bly of the Council of Jewish
The 1942 Detroit Allied Jew- Federations , and Welfare Funds,
ish Campaign results will be it is announced by Sidney Hol-
used as a base in determining lander. president of the Council.
its share of the war chest total, The General Assembly, to be held
after deductions for local and at Hotel Statler in Cleveland,
national civic-protection activi- opening Saturday evening, Jan.
ties and administrative costs not 16, and closing Monday evening,
required because of participa- Jan. 18.
tion in the war chest drive.
It is expected that more than
Also over - the - top was the 400 Jewish welfare leaders, rep-
Kansas City War Chest and resenting the Council's 224 mem-
United Community Fund drive ber agencies in 187 cities in the
which raised $2,078,336, with United States and Canada, will
some pledges still unreported. attend the three-day conference,
The success of the campaign as-
which marks the end of a decade
sures the Jewish Welfare Feder-
of Council service to local Jewish
ation of its full budget for an
18-month period in 1942-43. The communities. The Assembly will
JWF went into the war chest year reports from the Committee
intact, including the civic-pro- on Civic Protective Organizations,
tective agencies. In 1941, the which has been conducting nego-
tiations with the four major de-
JWF raised $210,000.
Lense agencies in this country
War Unity Praised
War chest officials in De= looking towards the establish-
troit and Kansas City lauded ment of a centralized operating
the spirit of unity engendered agency for all American defense
by the united war campaigns programs, and from the Commit-
and of the high standards set tee on Fund-Raising Policies,
which has made a detailed study
by „Jewish workers and con-
tributors. A Detroit War Chest of the war chest movement and
Official attributed to the Jew- its relationship to local Jewish
ish community "a spirit of federations and welfare funds.
Welfare General
Assembly to Hear
Federal Expert
Page Seven
The performance of Peretz
Hirshbein's "The Green Fields,"
sponsored by the Jewish Theater
Guild, on Dec. 13, for the chil-
dren attending Jewish schools in
Detroit, was a unique success. It
was the first time that 700 chil-
dren from the various types of
Jewish schools net and enjoyed
a Jewish performance in common.
Jacob Ben-Ami spoke to the
children at the end of the per-
formance, telling them what a
pleasure it was for the artists and
himself to perform before them.
The other two events recently
300,000. Incomplete r e t u r n s
credit Wilmington, Del., with $76,-
000 as against $73,589 last year,
and Tulsa with $53,287 as against
$48,404 in 1941. Youngstown,
still incomplete, reports $112,487,
a jump of $8,000 over its 1941
accomplishment. Other communi-
ties running ahead of their 1941
figures include Alexandria, La.,
Norfolk, Va., Lawrence, Mass.,
Little Rock, Ark., Schenectady,
N. Y., and Toronto and Montreal.
AN OPEN
INVITATION
sponsored. by the Theater Guild,
the Pinski celebration and the
theater-evening, were equally
succesful. Members and friends
of the Guild, anxious to meet
Jacob Ben-Ami, Bertha Gersten
and members of their ensemble,
packed the Workmen's Circle
Center auditorium to capacity,
Dec. 10.
"Yankl Der Shmied," the fa-.
mous drama by David Pinski,
sponsored by the Guild in con-
nection with the 70th anniver-
sary of the great writer and
dramatist, was presented Dec. 15
at Littman's Theater by Jacob
Ben-Ami, Bertha Gerstin and
their cast of artists.
TO ALL
DETROIT JEWS
NATIONAL
"LAND f ► r FREEDO
CONFERENCE
—of the,—
Jewish National Fund
of America
Saturday Evening and Sunday, Dec. 26 - 27
NO SOLICITATION OF FUNDS
Hotel Book-Cadillac
Hear the Views of:
Dr. Israel Goldstein,
President of the Jewish National
Fund of America
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver,
National Chairman of the United
Palestine Appeal
Louis Lipsky,
Member of the World Zionist
Executive
Judge Louis E. Levinthal,
President of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America
Judge Morris Rothenberg,
Former President of the Zionist
Organization of America
Dr. Nahum Goldmann,
Official representative of the World
Zionist Executive and of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine
Mrs. DaVid De Sola Pool,
President of Hadassah
Leon Gellman,
President of the Mizrachi Organiza-
tion of America
S. Sen. Alben W. Barkley
Dr. James G. Heller,
U.
President, Central Conference of
American Rabbis.
David Wertheim,
Secretary of the Poale Zion-Zeire
Zion
Mrs. Archibald Silverman,
Of Providence, R. I., who recently
returned from England
Mendel N. Fisher,
Executive Director of the Jewish
National Fund of America
Sidney G. Kusworm,
Of Dayton, Ohio, Treasurer of thf.
Supreme Lodge, Bnai Brith
Fred M. Butzel
Isidore Sobeloff
James I. Ellmann,
Philip Slomovitz
William Hordes
AND MANY OTHER DISTINGUISHED ZIONISTS
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
OPENING SESSION:
MORNING SESSION:
AFTERNOON SESSION:
CLOSING SESSION:
Saturday, December 26, 8:15 p. m.
Including Musical program by Mrs. David Kaltman,
Soprano, with Rebecca Frohman at the piano.
Sunday, December 27, 10:00 a. m.
Dedicated as a Memorial to the victims of Nazi
Atrocities. Hasfiarah, Memorial Prayer for the dead,
will be chanted by Cantor Sonenklar and the Shaarey
Zedek Choir, for the Two Million Martyrs.
Sunday, December 27, 2:30 p. m.
Sunday, December 27, 6:30 p. m.
(Banquet in recognition of Dr. Israel Goldstein's ten
years of service as President of the Jewish National
Fund of America). Musical program by Emma Shever,
Opera and Concert Soprano, with Rebecca Frohman
at the piano.
Banquet Reservations Charge of Mrs. Samuel N. Heyman. 4031 Glendale, HO 2057
ADDRESS ALL INQUIRIES TO:
Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit
605 FOX BUILDING
CHERRY 6780