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THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Ten
Friday, February 28, 1947
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75% of Local $5,335,000 UJA
Goal Goes for Overseas Relief
The major obligation of DetrOit Jewry in the forthcoming Allied Jewish
Campaign for $5,335,000 will be the large item of $4,000,000 . . . or 75 pet cent
. . . this community's share in the national $170,000,000 campaign for the
United Jewish Appeal.
UJA is the over-all agency which includes the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee, United Palestine Appeal and United Service for New Americans.
Through the Joint Distribution Committee, provisions are made for the
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support of the 1,500,000 Euro- .
pean Jewish survivors, includ-
ing the 250,000 Jews in dis-
placed persons camps in Ger-
many and Austria.
JDC also provides for the
transportation of Jews seek-
ing new homes in Palestine,
the United States and other
lands.
United Palestine Appeal's
objectives are the reconstruc-
tion of Palestine, the estab-
lishment of new colonies, the
settlement of Jews on the soil
in Eretz Israel. The Jewish
ALL ABOARD. It's goodbye to
Europe and all the tragedy they
have witnessed on the blood-
drenched Continent as these Jew-
ish boys and girls (above) em-
bark on The first stage of a jour-
ney that will carry them from dis-
mal, abnormal life in a DP camp
to healthy, joyous participation in
the creative life of Jewish Pales-
tine. A total of 26,000 Jews, for
the most part young people and
orphans, reached Palestine in 1946
as a result of the generosity of
American Jews trough the Uni-
ted Jewish Appeal.
National Fund, land-redemption
agency of the Zionist movement,
and Keren Hayesod, the Palestine
Foundation Fund, are the two
major agencies of the UPA. Miz-
rachi's orthodox Zionist agencies
also derive support from the UPA.
United Service for New Amer-
icans is the agency established
jointly by National Refugee Serv-
ice and the National Council of
Jewish Women to provide for the
settlement of refugees arriving in
this country.
Jewish educational needs will
be provided for in the Allied
PRELUDE TO FREEDOM. 'Homeless Jews of Europe willingly en-
dure conditions reminiscent of the slave ships of other times, in
order to reach Palestine. This group, nearing the Land of Israel,
escaped the cauldron of Europe with the assistance of the Joint
Distribution Committee and the United Palestine Appeal, whose
programs are supported by the 1947 campaign of the United Jew-
ish Appeal for $170,000,000.
Jewish Campaign quota, in allo-
cations of $125,000 to the Hebrew
and Yiddish schools and Yeshi-
vath Beth Yehudah.
The campaign goal includes the
community relations program, in-
corporating civic-protective caus-
e: health and welfare agencies
and other overseas needs.
List Potential
Subscribers for
AJC Drive Here
Detroit's campaign organiza-
tion now is in the process of for-
' oration, and numerous trade and
professional divisions are being
organized by the Detroit Service
Group, the fund-raising arm of
the Jewish Welfare Federation.
Mrs. Henry Wineman and Mrs.
H. C. Broder are co-chairmen of
the Women's Division of the Al-
lied Jewish Campaign.
,..i Campaign plans are proceeding
t rough numerous committees .
hich are tabulating potential
subscribers, are compiling lists
for special gifts solicitations and
are organizing mailing and tele-
phone squads.
It is estimated at least 4.000
workers will be active in. solicit-
ing contributions from more
than 30.000 Detroit Jews. In 1946,
more than 22,000 contributors
were listed.
REDEEMED. After
years of wandering,
this family (above)
has found refuge in
Palestine. Whether
they will live in the
city or on an agri-
cultural settlement,
they will be helped
with funds of the
United Palestine
Appeal, a UJA
agency.
FUTURE: A peo-
ple's children are
that people's fu-
t u r e, a fact
which helps ex-
plain why care of
the pitifully few
young Jewish vic-
tims alive in Eu-
rope comes first
with the great
agencies s u p -
ported by t h e
$ 170,000,000
UJA for Refu-
g e e s, Overseas
Needs and Pales-
tine. The Joint
Distribution
Committee con-
tributes directly
to the welfare of
fully half the
1 70,000 child
survivors.
$500,000 Gift
To UJA Made by
E. I. Kaufmann
With a gift of $500,000, double
that from the same source in
1946. as a dramatic beginning,
the 1947 national pattern of giv-
ing to the $170.000.000 United
Jewish Appeal was fixed Feb. 9
at a, conference at Hollywood
Beach, Fla.
The gathering was convened
by Hon. Henry Morgenthau.
general chairman of the UJA.
The all-day meeting. attended
by 300 persons from all parts of
the country, including Detroit,
reached a thrilling climax in the
late afternoon as men and
women rose to their feet and an-
nounced their 1947 gifts, which
are credited to the community of
which they are members.
The largest gift of the occas-
ion was announced by Edmund
I. Kaufmann. national chairman
for Initial Gifts of the UJA.
There had been great expectancy
as to his decision. in view of the
fact his contribution of 5250,000
had been one of the most strik-
ing of the previous year. Mr.
Kaufmann announced a gift of
$500,000 from the Kay Associat-
ed Stores and the E. I. Kaufmann
family.
Samuel- Rothberg, of Peoria.
Ill., had made a contribution of
$50,000 in 1946, 10 times his gift
in 1945. Before making up his
mind about 1947, Rothberg took
a flying trip to Europe and after
spending four weeks here, he
flew back to America to attend
the •Hollywood Beach Big Gifts
meeting. He said the only way
in which he could show his feel-
ings was to contribute $100,000,
double his gift in 1946.
FAMILY LIFE. In crowded DP
camps, 250,000 homeless Jews
eat, work and sleep under con-
ditions that make normal family
living impossible. But through_
their own central organization,
assisted by UJA funds that en-
able the JDC and the Jewish
Agency to maintain full-scale re-
habilitative services, the displaced
Jews have built up a democratic
community life.. A far-reaching
social welfare program is prepar-
ing them for the day when they
can leave Germany for homes in
Palestine, the U. S. and other
countries.