Friday, September 20, 1946
THE JEWISH NEWS
National Home in Denver
Gives Asthmatic Children
New *Breath of Freedom'
39-Year-Old Institution Rededicates Itself to Under-
Privileged with Advent of Rosh Hashanah; Mrs.
Samuel Schwartz Heads Effort Here
By WILLIAM R. BLUMENTHAL
Executive Director, National Home for Jewish Children at Denver
With the advent of Rosh Hashanah, the National Home
for Jewish Children at Denver is rededicating itself to pro-
Belgium Considers
Taking 10,000 Jews
Page Sixty-five
ORT Trains Refugees in England
Prime Minister Camille Huys-
mans of Belgium, in an interview
with Dr. A. Leon Kubowitzki,
Secretary General of the World
Jewish Congress, has promised to
recommend to the Belgian Cabi-
net a proposal for the admission
of 10,000 Jewish refugees from
Poland.
Belgium, which before the war
had a Jewish population of 90,000
now has about 30,000 Jews.
Irish-American Paper
Urges Support of Jews'
Fight for Palestine
NEW YORK, (JPS—Palcor) —
The New York Enquirer, a weekly
newspaper read chiefly by Irish-
Americans, carried a front page
editorial declaring that "the Jew-
ish people deserve our support in
their fight for a free Palestine."
Asserting that the Jewish cause
is "the cause of hearth and home,"
the editorial declares: "it is not
right to call them (the Jews)
`gangsters' or 'extremists' as do
many of the news dispatches
from
Palestine. They are as
much patriots as were the men
who fought under Washington
for liberty and who died under
CHILDREN ENJOY OUTDOOR EXERCISES
Lincoln to preserve freedom. We
vide a new "breath of freedom" for many sick Jewish chil- believe the British are mishand-
dren. They are given freedom from the misery and suffering ling the situation in Palestine.
brought on by acute asthma and other allergy diseases.
We believe they are working an
For 39 years the National Home .
injustice on the Jewish people.
has devoted itself to the care of the Children's Allergy Clinic of the We believe they are disturbing the
underprivileged children of tuber-
peace of the world. We urge that
Home
has provided
the years
additional
culos parents.
In recent
the Mt. Sinai Hospital of New York. as a just solution to the problem
and chief consultant physician of
of Palestine the British revoke
service of rehabilitating allergy- the National Home. states that their- arbitrary limit on immigrants
afflicted children for whom medi- "the National Home for Jewish and welcome to Palestine all the
cal treatment has been ineffective Children at Denver. has amply Jews who desire to establish their
in their home environments.
demonstrated that complete re- home there." The editorial, was
Dr. Levin Regional Consultant
covery
from asthma can occur in signed by William Griffin, editor
In Detroit. funds for the support
and publisher of the Enquirer.
those
cases
heretofore regarded as
of the Denver Home are raised by
the Detroit League of the National hopeless."
Home for Jewish Children, the
The president of the National
officers of which are: Mrs. Samuel Home is Mrs. Fannie E. Lorber.
Schwartz. president, 18000 Muir- Irving S. Birnbaum is superin-
land; Mrs. Sidney G. Sherman. tendent: William R. Blumenthal.
first vice-president: Mrs. Milton executive director: Benjamin M.
K. Mahler. second vice-president; Winitt, assistant executive direc-
Mrs. Oscar F. Grey, recording sec- tor. and Rabbi Chaim Davidovich.
retary; Mrs. Samuel Gordon. fi- director of religious education.
nitncial secretary: Mrs. Seymour The Home is at 3447 West 19th
Owens. corresponding secretary: Ave.. Denver, and the Eastern So-
Mrs. Louis Davidson. treasurer.
cial Service department is at 1457
Dr. Samuel J. Levin of Detroit Broadway. New York.
is the regional consultant phys-
ician of the Home.
Kin of Late Sam Mogul
Nestled in the foothills of the Sought by Detroiter
snow-capped Rocky Mountains. in
Anyone
knowing the where-
the high. dry climate of Colorado. abouts of the relatives of the late
the National Home is the only one Sam Mogul. who passed away on
of its kind in the country. It opens Sept. 4. are asked to write to Ann
its doors to children. 4 to 16. from Armon. 302 Englewood, Detroit.
all parts of the country. who are Mr. Mogul's relatives are believed
recommended by physicians. but to be in Pittsburgh and Newark.
whose parents aie unable to af- N. J.
ford the costly care.
Average Stay Two Years
The children remain in the
Home for an average 'period of two
years until they have been re-
stored to normal health. or have
recovered sufficiently for return
to their communities.
Periodic examinations are made ;
and full reports given to the re-
On the New Year
ferring physicians and,. hospital
clinics. The National Home has a
modern. well - equipped hospital!
- where children requiring bed care
are attended by registered nurses.
To All Our Fri, ncic in the
The Home also provides ethical
and religious education under the
Jeer 13h
guidance of trained teachers.
Photo shows section of engineering department at London
school of ORT—Organization for Rehabilitation through Training.
Students are Jewish refugees.
The school is one of many industrial and agricultural t•ain-
ing projects conducted by ORT for refugees and other victims
throughout the world. Training and other services equip needy
Jews with trades that they can use to earn a living wherever they
settle eventually. Many ORT graduates are Jr: Palestine.
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