JNF Sets 2,000,000-Dunam
Goal to Avenge Nazi Victims

Great Historic 'Land for Freedom' Conference Aims at
One Dunam for Every Jew Slain; Names New Colony
'Am Israel Chai', the Convention Slogan

BNAI BRITH ESTABLISHES ITS SECOND COLONY

Senators Barkley, Ferguson Pledge Palestine Homeland Aid;
Dr. Silver Demands Allies Act Now; Nachlat Goldstein
Honors President; Leaders Denounce New Anti-Zionists

Israel's tragedy, represented by the homelessness of
millions of Jews throughout the world and the martyrdom
of 2,000,000 who have lost their lives at the hands of the
Nazis in Hitler-dominated Europe, served as a clarion call
to the Jews of America to undertake the greatest land-
reclamation efforts of all time, as a preparatory measure

for the resettlement of hundreds
of thousands of Jews in Pales-
tine, by action of the historic
conference of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund of America, held
here at the Book-Cadillac Hotel
during the last week-end.
The oustanding achievements
of the conference included the
following important decisions for
the advancement of the program
of large-scale land redemption in
Palestine:
Reclamation of 2,000,000 du-
nams (a dunam is a quarter
of an acre) of land in memory
of the 2,000,000 innocent Jews
slaughtered by the Nazis.
Establishment of a Nach-
lat Goldstein in honor of the
tenth anniversary of Dr. Israel
Goldstein's services as presi-
dent of the Jewish National
Fund of America.
Delegates Work Hard
Attended by delegates from
every part of the land, the con-
ference proved to be one of the
hardest-working assemblies ever
convened by a Jewish movement
in this country, delegates remain-
ing at their conference and round
table sessions on Friday after-
noon, Saturday night and all day
Sunday.
Springs of Sorrow Touched
There were many impressive
moments at the conference, the
most moving of which was the
memorial service Sunday after-
noon for the victims of Nazi
atrocities. Under the chair-
manship of Dr. Goldstein, Max
Rudensky, member of the J.
N. F. national staff, read a
chapter from the Book of Eze-
kiel, and Cantor Jacob H. Son-
enklar chanted the El Molei
Rachamim. As William Hordes,
president of the Jewish Na-
tional. Fund Council of Detroit,
and Mrs. Philip Slomovitz lit
the memorial candles, the en-
tire assembly of more than
1,000 persons, recited the Kad-
dish in unison and many burst
into tears as they gave vent
to their pent-up feelings over
the death of millions of their
kinsmen.
Another impressive moment
marked the session on Saturday
night at which Dr. Abba Hillel
Silver, as principal speaker, told
an audience of nearly 1,500 which
packed the main ballroom of the
Book-Cadillac to overflowing,
that unless the democratic pow-
ers speak frankly, NOW, indicat-
ing that they will provide solu-
tion for the tragic Jewish prob-
lem of today, it may be too late
after the war.
Dr. Silver's Proposal
The decision for the redemp-
tion of 2,000,000 dunams of land
resulted from a proposal by Dr.
Silver that the purchase of a
dunam of land for each of the
victims of Nazi atrocities is the
most courageous and most prac-
tical way in which Jews can re-
ply to Nazi brutality.
Another important occurrence
at the convention was the sign-
ing of the contract for the es-
tablishment of the second Bnai
Brith Colony in Palestine, in
honor of Henry Monsky, presi-
dent of Bnai Brith. The first col-
ony was established in honor of
Alfred Cohen, who preceded Mr.
Monsky as president. The sign-
ing of the contract followed an
address delivered at Saturday
night's session by Sidney G. Kus-
worm, national treasurer of Bnai
Brith, who told of the numerous
activities conducted by Bnai

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Friday, January I, 1943

Brith in Palestine, including the
establishment of its first Colony
in Jerusalem in 1888 and the fi-
nancial assistance given the phil-
anthropic efforts inaugurated by
Moses Montefiore in Palestine in
1865.
Establishes New Colony
As the first step in the recla-
mation program, the conference
decided to establish a colony in
Palestine to bear the name of
"Am Israel Chai" ("The People
of Israel Lives"), which also be-
came the slogan of the conven-
tion.
While the conference was
scheduled to open on Saturday
night, the early arrival of a large
number of delegates occasioned

Conference Pictures, Page 16

the convening of a preliminary
session on Friday afternoon, when
internal problems affecting ac-
tivities of Jewish National Fund
Councils throughout the country
were discussed. Mendel N. Fish-
er, national executive director of
the J. N. F., presided.
The Oneg Shabbat on Satur-
day, arranged by the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Jewish National
Fund, was another impressive
gathering. Mrs. Philip Cutler,
president of the Auxiliary, wel-
comed the guests and addresses
were delivered by a number of
national leaders, including Theo-
dore Strimling, -chairman of the
J. N. F. of Los Angeles, Mrs. A.
D. Burack, national women's
Mizrachi leader, Mr. Fisher, Mrs..
Israel Goldstein and others.
Goldstein Raps Anti-Zionists
Declaring that if the year, 1943
is not to be the year of victory,
it will be at least the "prelude
to victory," Dr. Goldstein, in his
Presidential message, told the
"Land for Freedom Conference,
that in looking ahead to the day
of peace "Jews must acquire suf-
ficient land reserve to make pos-
sible the settlement shortly after
the war of a million and more
Jews in Palestine." Sharp criti-
cism was leveled by the Jewish
National Fund head at a recently
organized group of anti-Zionists,
who, he declared, only represent
a meager segment of the Jewish
people."
"In a democratic society," said
Dr. Goldstein, "the only thing to
do about such an obstructionist
minority is to discredit it by the
good old democratic method of
counting heads. Ways and means
can be found to demonstrate to
the American people and govern-
ment and to all others whom it
may concern, that the over-
whelming majority of the Jewish
people here and everywhere are
behind the demand for a Jewish
Commonwealth in Palestine."
Weizmann Sends Message
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, presi-
dent of the World Zionist Organ-
ization, who was prevented by
illness from attending, in a mes-
sage to the conference declared
that "there are today in Palestine
hundreds of thousands of dunams
of land unoccupied, untilled, and
undeveloped, waiting for the
fructifying touch of the anxious
tens of thousands who are ready
to give to the soil of Palestine
their life blood, the blessings of
their labor, and the vitality of
their renaissant spirit. Far from
injuring our neighbors, the re-
demption of these vast stretches
of uncultivated land will be of
enormous benefit to all the in-

habitants of Palestine, both Jews
and Arabs."
In her message to the confer-
ence, Henrietta Szold of the Jew-
ish Agency in Jerusalem ex-
pressed the hope that "success
would attend the timely and con-
structive effort of the conference
to honor the memory of the vic-
tims of sadistic racialism and es-
tablish in dignity the remnant of
European Jewry saved from the
furnace of bestial hatred."
Motto For 1943
"The motto for the year 1943,"
said Dr. Goldstein, "will be 'Pre-
pare ye the way.' Nations, great
and small are preparing the
briefs for their plans. The great
nations with whom the decisions

will lie are preparing to draw up
principles of the peace and pat-
terns for the post-war world. The
small nations who will be the
petitioners at the peace table, are
preparing to marshal their
credits, list their claims, take
stock of their resources and lay
the ground work for their build-
ing."
The head of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund expressed the hope
that Biblical history would be re-
peated at the forthcoming peace
conference and that "the role of
Cyrus, restorer of the first Jewish
commonwealth will fall in no
small measure to the lot of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt ,whom
Isaiah would hail, were he alive
today as "my shepherd to fulfill
my desire and say to Jerusalem,
it shall be upbuilded."
Asks Blessings of Almighty
The conference adopted a reso-
lution invoking "the blessings of
the Almighty upon the armed
forces of the United States and
the United Nations," paying trib-

Local JNF Leaders
To Report Monday

Members of committees of
the Jewish National Fund
Council of Detroit who assisted
in making arangements for the
J.N.F. conference here will as-
semble at Lachar's on 12th St.,
Monday evening, to hear re-
ports on the conference. All
Council members and those
who assisted in convention
arrangements are invited to
this gathering at which ex-
periences will be exchanged
by local leaders.

ute to "our Commander-in-Chief,
our beloved President, Franklin
D. Roosevelt, the great champion
of human rights and liberties"
and "pledging to him our bound-
less devotion and undying deter-
mination to persevere in this

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