Israel Emergency Drive Continues;
Many Hundreds Yet to Be Solicited
Paul Zuckerman stated this week time to reach a conclusion, so it
that with many hundreds, pos- will take Israel and its people
sibly several thousand unsolicited a long time to return to a normal
yet to be enrolled in the urgent economy. Our assistance will be
effort in behalf of the Israel needed continuously."
Farms in Galilee suffered
Emergency Fund, the task of
great damage to orchards, field
reaching them is not ending.
As chairman of the emergency crops and pastures in addition
drive, Zuckerman declared that to buildings and irrigation equip-
the needs are so great, that the ment. Many cotton fields are now
demands for aid to Israel in re- so overgrown that the cotton
storing crippled industries and is ruined. In addition 1,500 acres
the rebuilding of settlements de- of wheat were burned and pas-
stroyed by the war are so great, ture fires destroyed grazing.
that the sum raised thus far must
The lack of vehicles to get the
harvest to trade centers is retard-
be exceeded speedily.
ing
marketing. There are fears
Zuckerman announced that
the more than $5,300,000 raised that war damage may destroy the
Galilee
beef industry, the com-
in the emergency fund and the
munique revealed.
additional amounts secured as
A solicitation letter went out
payments on Allied Jewish Cam-
this week to potential contributors
paign pledges enabled the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation to send that Emergency Fund workers
have not been able to reach.
$6,000,000 to Israel promptly.
Cash is needed for further re-
Contributions to the emer-
mittances, be said, and he urged
gency fund are being submitted
prompt payments on pledges
by young and old, non-Jews as
made and added contributions to
well as Jews.
the fund.
An interesting gift was received
Members of the International from a non-Jew, Frank Zaremba,
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Joint
Council No. 43, contributed nearly
$4,000, and gifts are still coming
in, according to Isaac Litwak,
president and business represen-
tative, and Arthur S. King, vice-
president of Laundry and Linen
Drivers' Local No. 285. The two
officers headed the campaign
among the teamsters.
Locals in Joint Council No. 43
also purchased $37,000 in Israel
Bonds, Litwak and King re-
ported.
The Bakery and Confectionery
Workers Local No. 78 donated
$1,000 to the emergency fund.
held in Johannesburg City Hall.
Members of the organizations col-
lected the gifts and provided
workers to handle the sale. Many
artists, including non-Jews, con-
tributed paintings.
The pledge of Port Elizabeth
Jews was made at a crowded com-
munity meeting, presided over by
Sam Katz, chairman of the city's
Israel Emergency Campaign com-
mittee, which was addressed by
Louis Sachs, chairman of the South
African Board of Jewish Educa-
tion. Individual pledges made at
the meeting included gifts of
25,000 rand ($35,000), 20,000 rand
($28,000) and 10,000 rand ($14,-
000).
NEW YORK (JTA) — The anti-
Zionist American Council for
Judaism said that its philanthropic
fund had given $10,000 for relief
of refugees and displaced persons
in Israel, half for Arab refugees
an employe of Velvet Food Prod- and half for the Shaarey Zedek
ucts, who wrote to The Jewish Hospital in Jerusalem. The Coun-
News, accompanying his check cil said the contribution for the
hospital was made because its
for $20:
"facilities are overtaxed by casu-
"Please accept my small con-
alties from both sides."
tribution to the Israel Emergency
Fund, which, I know, through
proper hands, will reach an Israel
soldier as a gift from another
soldier of another war. I know
the hardships of war as I my-
self fought for the freedom of
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Labor Supports
Emergency Fund
Genser, 14431 Balfour, Oak Park,
a group of friends gave more than
$300 to the Israel Emergency Fund.
Ezra-Aid to Israel, a group of
women, raised $320 for relief work
at its annual brunch party. Freda
Miller, a member, was the first to
donate her Social Security check
to the emergency fund, the group's
entire bank balance was turned
over to the fund.
Another women's group, Young
Women's Bicur Cholem, subscribed
$1,000 to the fund.
The Chaim Weizmann Society
purchased a $1,000 Israel Bond
and gave $1,000 to the Israel Emer-
gency Fund. In addition, individual
members contributed $220 to the
fund.
Bale Post of the Jewish War
Veterans will take over the Raven
Gellery July 17 for a fund-raising
venture, all proceeds going to the
Israel Emergency Fund. Headline
entertainers have donated their
services. For information, call Fred
Waterstone, DI 1-7454.
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Jewish Women in S. Africa
Contribute Carpets and
Antiques for Israel Fund
Isaac Litwak (left), presi-
dent and business representa-
tive of the Laundry and Linen
Drivers' Union Local No. 285,
turns over the funds raised by
the Teamsters Joint Council No.
43, to William Avrunin, execu-
tive director of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation.
NEW YORK (JTA)—A construc- by the Nurse Training Act of 1964,
tion grant of $2,000,592, one of the division of nursing, Department of
largest grants awarded to a di- Health, Education and Welfare.
ploma school of nursing was re-
The total number of letters in the
ceived by the School of Nursing
of the Beth Israel Medical Center Bible is 3,566,480. The total number
here. The grant was made possible of words is 773,692.
JOHANNESBURG ( J T A) —
Johannesburg Jewish women con-
tributed valuable works of art,
Persian carpets and antiques from
their homes for a sacrifice sale
which yielded 200,000 rand ($280,-
000) for the Israel Emergency
Fund. At the same time, the Jew-
ish community of Port Elizabeth
and its suburbs, numbering 800
families, announced a campaign
to collect 2,000,000 rand ($2,800,-
000) for the Israel fund.
The sacrifice sale is expected
to bring in additional funds when
unsold contributions are sold. In
some cases, the women bought
back their gifts for more than
sale price. The various Jewish
women's organizations, headed by
the Women's Zionist L e a g u e,
joined forces to organize the sale,
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In a letter addressed to the
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Another non-Jew, William M.
izational members of the Jewish
Community Council, Dr. Samuel
Packer Sr. of Packer Pontiac
Krohn, president, asked for
contributed $1,000 to the Israel
treasury fund contributions from
Emergency Fund.
the membership.
As a 25th wedding anniversary
Bereznitzer Aid Society re- present to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
sponded to the appeal with a gift of
$2,250. Temple Emanu-El in Oak
Park donated $1,000. Additional
treasury gifts and purchase of Is-
rael Bonds are continuing daily.
Zuckerman said that the "re-
sponse to the Israel Emergency
Fund was beyond expectation.
Many, many people have made
contributions much larger than
we could have possibly imagined.
Those less able to afford a large
gift sacrifices so that they might
give substantial sums."
"The Israel Emergency Fund
is going into its last stages but
the need will continue," Zucker-
man pointed out. "Just as the
peace negotiations will take a long
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