THE JEWISH NEWS K' Page. Ten .. •Friday, 34 13, 1945 JEWISH NATIONAL FUND TS Synagogues Will Participate In. Tisha b'Ab JNF Drive Friday, July 13, 1945 TO. 8-8658 11608 Dexter Detroit, Michigan Dorothy Thompson in Palestine Sabbath Preceding Holiday to Be Dedicated to Appeals for Jewish National Fund; Daniel Temchin Heads Committee to Direct Campaign American Jewish Fraternal Group Completes $25,000 Project After 11 Years A call has gone forth from the Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit to all Detroit congregations calling upon them to participate in the annual synagogue collections for the Jewish National Fund on Tisha b'Ab—the anniversafy of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Tisha b'Ab occurs this year on Thursday, July 19, and the collections will be made in the synagogues on Wednesday Sabbath preceding Tisha b'Ab- this Saturday, Sabbath Chazon- will be dedicated in all synagog- ues to appeals for the Jewish Na- tional Fund. A JNF Report To Co-Workers National Director Evaluates Activities of Palestine Land-Redemption Work "What another world this is!" exclaimed D o r o t h y, Thompson during her visit to Sha'ar Ha'amakim, a Jewish National Fund colony in Palestine. The famous American columnist, dressed in a war correspondent's unfform, is . seen (above) on a field of the Kvutza playing with children. Mrs. Sam Ressler Wins JNF Award Vacationers Urged To Assist JNF Drive - Visitors at summer resorts are To Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ressler being called upon not to forget this year goes the national the Jewish National Fund. It has been customary to make By MENDEL N. FISHER Totzereth Ha-Aretz Award given collections for the Palestine Executive Director, Jewish Na- to the person chosen for it among those who contribute $5, land-redemption agency among tional Fund of America The gross income of the Jewish National Fund for the year end- ing Sept. 30, 1944 was $4,688,- 955.26. Of this sum, $1,730,685.80 represented our traditional col- lections and $2,958,269.46 was the net U.P.A. allotment mdde to the J.N.F. Our total 'expenses for the period were $186,984.39. The total sum of $3,920,542.17 was remitted to the Keren Kayemeth in Jeru- salem for this period. In addition the sum of $442,745.00 was also cabled representing income from the sale of our $2,500,000, four percent Note Issue. Our income from Oct. 1, 1944 to May 31, 1945, covering eight months of our operations was $4,282,156.94. Of this sum, the in- come from our traditional col- lections was $1,693,346.44. Our share of the U.P.A. was $2,588,- 810.50. We have already remitted to Palestine as of May 31, 1945 $4,237,791.02 of which $220,000.00 represents the sale of our $2,- 500,000 Note Issue. DANIEL TEMCHIN evening, July 18, and Thursday morning, July 19. Synagogue Committee The solicitations are being dir- ected by the synagogue commit- tee of the Jewish National Fund of Detroit, consisting of Daniel Tern.chin, chairman, • Irving W Schlussel and Rabbi J. S. Sperka.. The committee pointed out this week that the proceeds:of these collections will go to the Geu- lath Sevivath Yerttshalayim fUnd being raised through Mizrachi and congregational leaders for land- redeniption in Palestine, and for the Yaar Zev—the forest being planted in Palestine in honor of Rabbi Wolf Gold, chairman of the world executive committee of Mizrachi. Dedicates This Sabbath tinnouncement is made by . the i local committee that in accord- ance with a national decision the Miss Morrismi Wins. JNF Praise For Efforts With Hadassah Group Directed Raising of a Fund For Trees in Memory of Anna G. Seegman • Miss etty Morrison of 3005 Chicago Blvd., for the past three years Jewish National Fund chairman of the Business and Professional Division of Had- assah, was praised this week as one of the leading JNF workers in Detroit. Under Miss Morrison's leader- ship, a remarkable increase in JNF receipts is reported by the Hadassah Business and Profes- sional women. During the past few months, Miss Morrison directed the rais- ing of a fund of money for the planting of a garden of trees in Palestine in memory of Anna Goldman Seegman. Among her other activities was the securing • of Golden Book inscriptions in memory of Abram C. • Lipsitz, Dora Lipsitz Klivans and Rebecca Barkman Lipsitz. The Hadassah B. & P. Group is one of the - numerous affiliated Zionist groups which are striving to advance the efforts of the Jewish National Fund for the re- demption of land in Palestine, to make possible large-scale Jew- ish immigration. Final Payment On Nachlah Made By Brith Sholom or more through their gifts in those spending the summer at resorts. Due to curtailed traveling, it has been urged that those at resorts should assist the fund by making the necessary collections on Tisha b'Ab and on all im- portant occasions. Information may be gotten by calling the office of the Jewish National Fund Council of De- troit, 11608 Dexter, TO. 8-8658. PHILADELPHIA.—A Palestine land redemption project initiated 11 years ago reached its fulfill-. ment on June 18, when the Inde- pendent Order of Brith Sholom, American Jewish fraternal or- ganization, celebrated the pay- ment of the last installment on its $25,000 commitment to the Jewish National Fund. Under the terms of the agree- ment signed in 1934 by the late Menahem Ussishkin on behalf of the Jewish National Fund and the late Judge William M. Lewis, then Grandmaster of Br it h Sholom, a tract of 1,000 dunams of land in Palestine was to be re-. deemed by the Keren Kayemeth and named "Nachlath Brith Sholom". This was the first Nachlah program undertaken by an American fraternal group. The presentation of the last $3,000 payment was the central feature of a celebration. The gathering was addressed by Lt. Comdr. Joshua Goldberg, Alex F. Stanton, Grandmaster of Brith Sholom, who pledged the organ- ization's continued interest in the work of the Keren Kayemeth, and Frank A. Simons, national chairman of the Brith Sholom Zionist Committee. Louis I. Gil- gor, grand secretary, presented the check to Mendel N. Fisher, JNF executive director. The lat- ter presented the organization with a Nachlah Album forwarded from Jerusalem. Join in 'Song of the Soil' The JNF is employing the Adamah Meter as one of its media of :collection in the "Land for Rescue" program. This coin card Pro- vides an expedient device for children to participate in the cause of land redemption in Eretz Yisroel, to join in the "Song of the Soil." On the inside Pages of the fold- 177-• er are 12 slots in which there is room for two quarters and ten dimes. When the Adarnah Meter is filled, it is to be turned in at the local JNF headquarters or . directly to the National Office. MRS. SAM RESSLER The money thus raised will help to purchase more land for new the JNF Blue and White Boxes. Jewish colonies in Palestine. William Hordes, president of A contest is being run in con 7 the Jewish National Fund Coun- nection with the Adamah Meter cil of Detroit, announces that campaign. The • JNF. will award Mrs. Ressler, 3826 Lawrence, one round trip, ticket. to Pales- winner of the national award, tine, tourist 'class (transportation upon being notified that she can only) to one of the participants. select $100 worth of Palestine products, expressed the wish of All persons who will have completed 10 Adamah Meters and securing'. something permanent will have remitted the amount for her - hone.. - Mrs. Ressler stated that while raised, will be included in the she would relish the soaps, oils, list of eligibles for the award candies and other products, made which will be made by a com- in Palestine; she hopes to secure mittee comprised of representa- something permanent for the Jives of all Zionist groupS and home. Mt. Hordes has assured youth organizations: her that some Palestine-made article valued at $100 will be secured for her. GUEST EDITORIAL A Tisha b'Ab Plea By WILLIAM HORDES President, Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit .." {4,. : • • This is the first time since the beginning of the war that we are observing Tisha b'Ab with the full realization of the extent of the tragedy of our people. Now after the victory of the Allies, the curtain has been raised and the terrible truth has been revealed to us. For our brethern in Europe victory has come too late. We have lost ten times the number of servicemen killed in • the armies of the British Empire and the United States. Five million have perished. There remains only a remnant of European Jewry. When we gather Pin our synagogues this Tisha b'Ab, Jews will have the opportunity to participate in the reconstruction of Eretz Yisroel and the rehabilitation of the refugees. The traditional collection on Tisha b'Ab will help in securing more land through the Jewish National Fund and enabling more of our wandering brethern to come home to Eretz Yisroel, This Dage spot soreq :by frienc14 of the Jewi5h. National Fun.d.