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RELIEF TREASURY
IS NEARLY EMPTY SAYS DAVID BROWN
Unless Every Dollar Pledged in
Campaign Is Paid, Relief
Work WiU Stop
SHALL THEY BE ABAN. DONED NOW IS QUESTION
NEVV YORK—Although a year h.is elapsed since the great victory confer¬ ence, celebrating the success of the national appeal for $14,000,000 for tbe relief of the war stricken Jews of Eijrope, was held in Detroit on April 9, il92ii, the collection of pledges made dui'ing that historic campaign is still being carried on vigorously by the American Jewish Relief Committee, under the direct supervision of David A. Brown. True to the pledge he m'adc at the conference, that he would "re¬ main on the joh until every dollar is in the till," Mr. Brown has not per¬ mitted his other interests to interfere with this task. His determination that "every dollar must be in the till" was strengthened by his visit to the Ukraine, where he was an eyewitness of the great tragedy.' Since his return to this country he has been in con¬ stant touch with the headquarters of the American Jewish Relief Committee and he has made a number of flying trips from Detroit to New York in order to get vigorous action.
As a consequence the greater part of the pledges whicii were outstanding at the close of the campaign last March have been redeemed. The states' of Kentucky, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Oregon, Tennessee, Michigan, Idaho and Mon¬ tana, for instance, have paid up their pledges in full and met the quotas as¬ signed _ to them. Scores of cities in Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Con¬ necticut, New Jersey, ¦Georgia and other states as well as Washington, , D. C, have fulfilled the obligations which they voluntarily assumed. Hundreds of others are within a few thousand or a few hundred dollars of a clean slate. , '. --"The soitfitin promise'I'Inade-a year
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gies^i.i^^a' collection of every dollar pledged' in the campaign still holds good,'' declared Mr. Brown in New York the other day, "and I am very happy that the men and women who, during the victory conference, rose to their feet on two occasions to pledge themselves to stay on the job with me to the end, has been splendidly kept. They have worked unceasingly, faith¬ fully, responding to every call for addi¬ tional effort. As a consequence most of the pledges that wcre made during the campaign have been redeemed.
Shall They Be Abandooned Now?
"But it has been a source of great grief to all of ns that after the elapse of more than a year since the termi¬ nation of the greatest relief, campaigii in the history of the Jewish people, we are yet unable to announce to the world that the job has been completed. But completed it must be — and completed it will be. Of that you may be abso¬ lutely sure. It must be completed un¬ less we are willing now, after all that we have already done, to abandon the Jews of Europe to their fate. And that is the question I want now to put up to those who having made a solemn pledge of aid and support to our suffering people have not yet made good their word of honor. Shall countless thou¬ sands of children in whom, somehow, the breath of life has been su.stained during the past few years be abandoned? Shall the light of bope which has been kept burning before the agonized eyes of thousands of men and women, mar¬ tyred solely because they are Jews, be now extinguished? Shall the great work of reconstruction so splendidly begun, be now discontinued?
"All of this will happen if every 'last dollar that was pledged is not paid at once, and these are questions which every person whose pledge is still un¬ redeemed must lay upon his soul, must answer before God and all mankind," continued Mr. Brown. "Upon how they will answer these questions de¬ pends the fate of thousands of Jews in Europe, those to whom we gave a solemn pledge, all of ns, to stand by ' them in the hour of their extremity, to remain at their side until they had been placed squarely on their feet. On the answer they will' make depends the lives and souls of thousands of or¬ phans, little Jewish boys and girls, iri- nocent victims of the cruellest fate that was evei" meted out to children, and who without the help that we have been able to givp them, small as that help has been, have been kept alive, Alive for wJiat? That after, years of suffering they should, at last, be permitted to perish?
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SIR HERBERT'S SON
GETS IMPORTANT POST
JERUSALEM, (J, T. A.).— Edwin Samuel, eldest son of tho High Comnitisioner, has been appointed Ciiiof Clerk of the   Govcrnorato   of   Palestine.
Young Samuel lias been in Palestine for several years, having come as an officer of tho Jewish Regiment. He was attached loiter to tho Zionist Commission and on his father's arrival was appointed an aid to Governor Storrs.
Jewish Welfare Federation Workers Leave for Washington
To Attend Conference of Jewish Social Service, Which Be¬ gins May 13th
SOCIAL WORKERS TO DISCUSS VITAL PROBLEMS
Council Becott'ies a World Force
By ESTELLE JP- STERNBERGER, Executive Secretory, tUouncil of Jewish Women.
Since its very inception, the Coun-p. 1''=^' of *'"= Council of Jewish Women
Social workers, throughout the coun¬ try, as well as leaders of philanthropy arc tremendously interested in the dis¬ cussion of the attitude of organized Jewish labor toward organized Jew¬ ish charity which will be discussed at the national conference of Jewish social service, which begins in Wash¬ ington on Sunday, May 13. Professor Jacob Hollander, a leading authority on social service and economics will preside over this discussion and among those who will participate are Paul Blancliard of the Rochester Arbitration board and Judge J. E. Moses of Balti¬ more.
National   Budget
The opening session will be devoted to the vital question of a national budget for national Jewish institutions. Wide interest has been aroused in this proposal for a radical change in the money-raising methods now iti vogue for the support of Jewish philanthropic in¬ stitutions which rely upon the Jews of the entire country for their support,
y^i^S^-^^'^'^.f^-I" *""'*r'«esideBtrt,cfei!. ±- the national conference, in explaining the purpose of the organization, 1 said: "About a quarter of a century ago, the national conference of Jewish chari¬ ties was organized. Its object, according to its constitution was 'to provide uni¬ formity of action in all matters per¬ taining to the relief and betterment of the Jevirs of the United States.' Since then Jewish social workers have learned that progress depends not upon unir formity of action but upon a contin¬ uous process of interpretation of ex¬ perience. The opportunity for such an interpretation has been perhaps the finest contribution of the country. This year, in a larger number than ,ever be¬ fore, Jewish social ' workers from all parts bf the country will meet together for a discussion of their common prob¬ lems. Laymen and professional work¬ ers, executives and staff members will participate in this process of evaluation of the year's experience, and building upon all of the experience of the years whicii have gone, it will arrive at a new conception of the direction in whicii Jewish social work must go, if it is to fulfill its ultimtae purpose of bringing about better conditions of liv¬ ing for the Jews of America."
of Jewish Women has been the ro« sellor and companion of the iinmigrai The very moment that an immigra mother or girl set her foot on ¦   steamer bound for a new shore, Inil tins gave her the assuring knowled that a representative of the Council Jewish Women would be awaiting her Ellis Island. It meant that, in the cvJ' of any difficulty, she would not be ato and friendless. She would be aided" solving her problems, by those who h; often solved them for other immigra'n The Immigrants' Plight in Euro) The Council of Jewish Women .,h not been content to wait until the h migrant reached Americin shai'( There have recently arisen \io many'd trcssing and difficult sitj-'tions that 1 council has found it imperative to tefi'S;'' its work in Europe, Accordingly, 11^ 'ipj-''- spring of 1921, a council unit of-'foiSff women was sent abroad. Eftropii''v.fiJ? so torn from its worlil ¦wari ;'tf'iiit flit required the sustaining strength%>f'Spr |\c body or organization to restore ^If'^i^^'jli-^ that it had once rendered. R'd£its'^f> li'^ the thousands, were pouring |riMV'..Cit|?c country into anbther, their ,P^6^?*jPf sympathy  and  counsel  unmet;/,*\i'fa<|i.^
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Reconstruction Work of thp''Cpi^^ Unit '      •ii^),^M It was  with and for ths^;^''jl|'Hf*i that the coiincil unit labbr^ffi&S*^ ship companies arid comOT?|sifel^8S in  Holland  and  Belgium T.lvFrrfjfsii"' successive  conferences,'. }'^m^&^ resulted'a group of ?pijr^|€^^
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in the port cities of America. Classes of instruction and recreation were in- .slitutcd, by" the members of the unit, to Initiate the educational and social welfare programs of these councils, Tlio ablest wonicn of these splendid Jewish communities responded to the call for Ic.-idcrs to guide this work. As 3 result of this work, European Coun¬ cils of Jcwi-sh Women arc now to be found in Antwerp, Belgium; Paris, France; Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague, Holland; Lodz, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Riga, Latvia; and Trieste, Italy. '
European Conference Crowns For¬ eign Work The crowning achievement of all these efforts abroad, has just occurred. The Council of Jewish Woinen invited the Jewish woinen's organizations of Europe and America to meet in a Con¬ ference at Vienna, May C to 11. This conference discussed the problems af¬ fecting the transmigrant woman and child; the need for educational' and re¬ ligious work in communities that lack institutions and organizations for this communal service; and the possibilities of co-operation on the part of Jewish women's organization in Europe and Aincrica in solving these problems and meeting these needs.
Tlie   delegation   of   the   Council   of Jewish Women included the following: Mrs.  Alexander, Kohut of Ne-yv York City, chairman of the coinmittee on re¬ construction'; Mrs. Nathaniel E. Harris, of .Bradford, Pa., chairnlan of the com- mitfee    on    foreign    relations;    Mrs. Harry Sternberger of New York City, jexecutive secretary of the  Council  of is4 .S¦'..,;WiJmen, and Afiss Cecilia Raz- A7""^';i.J,¦^,?^t^o*lal  department  of y<i'-''^-..Ifpl    of    Jewish T^ songs   M^.-.'^jTiiiU^-Barr,  of acknS'lctivities of the "^serving jf 1  "   the   fi^'i'"^ 3 half hour
CONTRIBUTES ANOTHER
$10,000 FOR WAR ORPHANS
NEW YORK, (J. C. B.).—Ben Selling, a Portland (Ore.) mer¬ chant, has celebrated his seven¬ ty-first birthday by sending a draft for $10,000 for the relief of Jewish war orphans, Louis ' Marshall, Chairman of the American Jewish Relief Com¬ mittee,  announces.
A year ago, when Mr. Selling was seventy, he sent a draft for a similar sum.
Ukraine Conditions Appalling Jewish "Ara" Worker Reports
According to Ben Sonnenberg, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., a returned
A. R. A. Worker
FOOD AND CLOTHING THE GREATEST NECESSITY
TEMPLE ISRAEL SISTERHOOD CLOSES SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Mrs. Fred Lazanis Sends Letter
to Assembly Coihmcndirtg
Year's Accomplishments
RABBI S. S. MAYERBERG ADDRESSES  SISTERHOOD
JEWS BARRED FROM
TEMPLE   WALL
JERUSALEM (J. T. A.)—Great in¬ dignation was created among Palestin¬ ian Jews when they were barred from approaching the temple walls on Pass¬ over on account of an anti-Zionism Arab procession.
"Palestine is our own country"—¦ "Down with Zionism" and "Long live Mustaplia Kemal Pasha" were some of the shouts of the marchers, resulting in the arrest of several of them.
SUED FOR LIBEL
LONDON,—(J. C. B.)—The Jevvish Guardian, a weekly pub¬ lication, has instituted libel pro¬ ceedings against the publishers pf the Jewish Chronicle and the Jewish World for having inti¬ mated that the Gualrdian knew the; niembers of the British Jewish committee who; Lord Bcaverbrook asserted, had asked him to start his anti-Zionist offensive. Rep"^udiating any knowl¬ edge or connection with these men, the Guardian declares its contemporaries' assertion to be libelous and is taking legal action to prove it.
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Louis Marshall Calls for Ten Mt lion Dollars Annually for Jewish Education
A THOUSAND MEN AND WOMEN ATTEND EVEl
PITTSBURGH.—(J. C. B.)—A the sand representative men and wom| supporters and distinguished workers the cause of Jewish education w< guests of the board of directors of 1 Jewish Chautauqua Society at a tes monial dinner to the founder and chs cellor of the organization. Dr. Her Berkowitz, on April 26, at,the MercE tile club. The occasion marked thirtieth anniversary of the establisj ment of the society, whose headquartt are Philadelphia
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Dr. Abrahams Speaks
Dr, Israel Abrahams, the distinguish scholar from Cambridge, England, tc of the far-roaching influence of t society's work, even across the oce: As the result of a notable gatheri held at the London University arrang by him on the occasion of the visit lOM, of Dr. Berkowitz and his co-viroi er, the vice-chancellor, Dr. Willi; Rosenau of Baltimore, a department h beeri created for Jewish lectures in t University Extension Society of Gn ,j Britain. It has continued uninterrupti even by the war — and during the pi buinincr enrolled 7o0 students in summer session.
-  Dr.   .Abram   Simon    of    Washingti head of the staff of Jewish Chautauq i lecture courses  at  American  Univer ties, set forth the purpose and niethc of this department in securing acadeii recognition  for a study of tho cuitu contribution  of  the Jews to human Tribute was paid by Dr. Simon ' t 1 U. S, Commissioner of E<lucf nih, 1 P.   P.   Claxton,  through  whose  bro minded  incentive and  co-operation Jewish issue at our universities is be| thus met in an effectual mariner.
Dr. Arthur K. Stern, president 4ut toastmaster, announced that as an o |i.g come of the enthusiasm aroused at ffigj, last annual assembly of the Jewffj^j Chautauqua in Kansas City, Mo., m^^ cpmnninity, in which" Dr. Berkowitz if^y first conceived and planned the soci^ j^J now contribnted, according to a telegrf from Mr. A. II, Auerbach, chairn and Mr. Walter Berkowitz, treasuret the committee, ten thousand dollars {Concbtded on page 4.)
.VEW YORK. —The appalling con dition of Hie Jewish population in the southern part of the Ukraine was em¬ phasized by Mr. Ben Sonnenberg, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a returned American Relief Administration worker, who has just arrived from Mikolaiev, in a state¬ ment which he made to Capt. Paxton HJbben, Vice Director of the Nansen Relief Mission here.
According to Mr. Sonnenberg, who had made a survey of the whole- district affected, for the Jewish Join't Distribu¬ tion Committee, the country around Elizabetgrad, Kherson, Alexandrovsk and Nikolaiev is like a graveyard. Even those who receive nioney are unable to buy what they neeed with the dollars they got from America, as there is noth¬ ing to buy.
Food and Clothing Necessary
, "Wha't the people there require is food and clothing sent to them from outside Russia. ' They cannot eat dollars or wear dollars. /
"There are many people /vvho  know what conditions ¦ are in the/fewish por-
j 1 tions of the Ukraine, anil' who know.
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B'iiai B rllh Lodge
All  Mothers Are Asked to Be
Present Sunday Evening, May
13, at Bryden Road Temple
EXCELLENT MUSICAL
PROGRAM  ARRANGED
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"Mothers' Day," an annual event of the B'nai B'rith lodge of this city, will be observed Sunday evening, May 13, at 8 o'clock, at file Bryden Road Temple.
A program of unusual merit has been arranged by the entertainment commit¬ tee of. which Mr. Leo Yassenoff is chairman. Rabbi Jacob Tarshish will be the speaker of the evening. The meeting will be an open one to which all members and their friends Sre in¬ vited.
Flowers will be presented.to all the mothers present. It is the anticipation of the officers of Zion Lodge that the Temple will' be filled to capacity in order to do justice to this solemn occa¬ sion.
The program for the evening will be as   follows:
1. Opeping Prayer—Rabbi Jacob Tar¬ shish.
2. Piano Solo—Maxmilian Mitnitskyl
3. B'nai   B'rith   and,Mothers'   Day— Julius N. Zeckhauser, president.
¦1.   Winter,    by    J.    Thomas—Marion
Louise Pratt, harpist, f).   "Mother,"   a   reUding—Miss   Goldie
¦Bonovitz.
6. Violin Solo.
7. "Significance    of    Mother" ~ Rabbi Jacob Tarshish.
8. Vocal Solos—
(a) "The Mother Rose"—Galloway
(b) "Oh, Time, Take Me Back"— Bond.
(c) "Mother   Dear"—Mana-Zuca.
B'NAI  B'RITH  MEETING MONDAV   EVE.,   MAY   14
At the regular meeting Mon¬ day evening, 8 o'clock, at the Woodmen Hall of Zion Lodge No. 62, I. O. B. B., every mem^- ber is urged to be present. Re¬ ports of the membership drive captains and lieutenants will be held, winners announced and prizes awarded. Other matters of importance will be discussed at this meeting.
Remember, Monday Evening, 8 o'clock, at the Woodmen Hall.
that unless 'relief pacltages and relief drafts- are continued the toll of death 'this winter will be incredible there. It is amazing to find the Jewish people here in the United States believing that food may be had in Russia plentifully and cheaply, at least so far as the Ukraine and the other sections where the Jews live are concerned. Most of those who return to America "and report that food' is plentiful in Russia have never been out of Moscow, and judge by what they see there. They do not realize the immense distances in Russia, nor the -difficulties of transportation due to the destruction of the railways during the war and the civil war. There may be plenty of food in Moscow, and none at all in the Ukraine, as is the case to¬ day, just as a year and a half ago the farmers were burning grain in the mid¬ dle west, but the price of bread was just the same in New York."
Mr. Sonnenberg declared that the ac¬ tion of Dr. Nansen in taking up the food and clothing draft business and relief package shipment formerly done by the A. R. A. would be the salvation of the thousands of Jews, if the Jews in America would respond .and send needed relief.
The last meeting of the season of the Temple Sisterhood, held Tuesday after¬ noon, iMay 8, at the Bryden Road Temple, was opened with a. beautiful prayer by Rabbi Jacob Tarshish, Mrs. Marcus Burnstine, in the absence of Mrs, .\. W. Loeb, presided. The latter, however, sent the following letter:
Dear Sisters and Fellow Members:
It is certainly a great disappointment to me not lo have been able to greet you and' our honored guests on the last day of the year's meetings. It has been hard for nie not to meet with you for a whole season, but I wish to thank you one and all for doing your best tO' make this year as successful as possible, particularly our worthy vice- , president, Mrs. A. W. Loeb, for doing . my work so splendidly. Am so. sorry she also is not well and hope she will soon ' be restored to health. To all the offi¬ cers and chairmen, one and all, my sincerest thanks, with the hope that our Almighty Father may give me strength to be able to meet with you again in the fall, when I hope we may again t.ike up our work with renewed strength and vigor. Wishing all of you a most pleasant vacation and the best of health.
Lovingly  yours,
Rose E. Lazarus.
. Mrs. Fred Lazarus, president of the Sisterhood, who, due to illness the past year could not come to preside at any of the meetings, sat in her car in front of the Temple for a short time in order to greet the out-of-town delegates and the- members of the Sisterhood" at their closing ineeting of the year.
The report of Mrs. A. W. Loeb, which was read at the Congregational supper and also appeared in the Chronicle some time ago, was read by Mrs.- Burtjstine, who added to it an ac- i^lsL^..th&.jptrf}yh iwin.f. thp.Ristrrh.ond-..,
"PRAVDA"  RIDICULES
RABBIS' PROTEST
MOSCOW (J. T. A.)—The "Pravda" in an editorial today ridicules at great length t,lie protest of the New York rabbis against the execution of the sen¬ tence against Archbishop Zepliak.
"The Jewish bankers rule the world," says the paper. "The Jevvish rabbis for¬ get that for centuries the Jews were persecuted by the Catholics."
The real reason, according to the "Pravda" for the protest of the rabbis is their fear thcy will be selected next for execution. The rabbis know "today you — tomorrow I," says the "Pravda."
"Soviet Russia," continues the edi¬ torial, "is not embarrassed by the pro¬ test. It would without any compunc¬ tions also hang the clerical representa¬ tive of Kuhn, Loeb & Company or Roth¬ schilds' if it were necessary in the in¬ terests of the revolution,"
PERIODICAL PRINTED
IN THREE LANGUAGES
NEW YORK (J. C. B.)—Publication of a new weekly devoted to the interest);. of Orthodox Judaism io be published in English, Hebrew and Yiddish is ex¬ pected to start soon. The name of the paper will be "Light of Israel,"
Ainong the contributing editors will be Dr, Leo Jung of the New York Jewish Center,, Dr. George D. Bacarat and M. Jung.
since Mrs. Loeb's absence.
Other Sisterhoods Report
'Miss Amanda Levy and Mrs. I. Alt¬ schul of Springfield gave reports of the work of the Springfield Sisterhood. Mrs. S. Mayerberg of Dayton surprised all those present with the report of the large membership of the Dayton, Sister¬ hood and the many activities carried on by them. Mrs. A. Alshuler and Mrs. M. Kusworm spoke on the various ways in whicii their Sisterhood raised funds.
Annual reports were read by Mrs. A. E. Loeb, secretary; Mrs. I. David, treas¬ urer; Mrs. L. Kahn, membership; Mrs. I. Wolf, religion; Mrs. Nathan Gumble, uniongrams; Mrs. Julius Gold¬ berg, congregational singing; Mrs. Mary Simmons, house committee; Mrs. I. A. Rosenthal, students' welfare com¬ mittee; Mrs. Ernest Jaros, girl scouts, and Mrs. Arthur Isaac,- Parent-Teach¬ ers' association. The latter's report ap¬ pears at the close of this article.
The girl scout troop under the direc¬ tion of Miss Coryne Basch, gave a little scout exhibition, with Miss Rosina Weiler at the piano.
Little Edna Mae Rich recited a poem on "Uniongrams."
Rabbi Mayerberg addressed the as¬ sembly on "Home, Sweet Home," stating it was not the purpose of the Sisterhood to give affairs or take care of the com¬ munal work, but that from each meet¬ ing the individual members may take home with them inspiration to make the home a source out of which may come loyalty and service.
"We need in America today in every phase of our national life the establish¬ ment of the home as a spiritual foun¬ tain from which inspiration may flow," said the Rabbi.
Mrs. Fred Lazarns sent the following Uniongram:
To    the    Officers   and    Members Temple Israel Sisterhood:     , Had   I   but  a   magic  pair   of   seven league boots today," I would don them, and  coiiimand that I be swiftly taken {Coitcltided on page 8.)
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PROF. BURNET OF O, S. U. TO ADDRESS MENORAH
Prof. Burnet of the O. S. U. will address the Menorah So¬ ciety this Sunday, May 13, 2:45 p. in., at tho Ohio Union Bldg. His subject will be "History of Jewish Philosophy." A musical program has also been ar¬ ranged.
All are welcome to this meet¬ ing.
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