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'¦^MMMiMB^Mii^mm^^&^M^mm Central Ohio's Only, Jewish Newspaper Reaching Every Home A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME D&Doled to Jlmerican . and' Jewish Ideals Colonimion Work Is Supreme Task Of American Jewry NOTED ZIONIST LEADER TO SPEAK HERE ON JUNE IITH COLUMBUS, Ol-irC), JUNE 5, 1925 Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c NEW YORK-(J. T. A.) r-That thc only salv<-itioii work which can be ¦' done for thc Jews in Soviet Russia is colonization, was the statement made ¦ by David A. Brown, American Jewish I communal worker, who returned from j Russia on the Maurctania recently, in { with the representative of the "Jewish Telegraph Agency". Mr. Browai, who \*as announced as the ¦ campaign manager for the $15,000,000 , fund proposed by the Joint Distribu- ' tion Committee for thc next three years, was vCry enthusiastic concerning the I life of the new Je\vish settlers "One must go to Russia and ^ce for ¦ oneself in order to be convinced of the 1 significance of the movement of Rus- ' sian Jews to leave the crowded cities : and settle on land. Although thc situa¬ tion in Russia is no doubt* better, the majority of Jews in Russia are ccon- ' omically ruined. Jewish city dwellers have 110 chance to improve their ccon- oniiic situation. Commerce is still pro¬ hibited. Only colonization can solve the economic problem of Russian Jewry. Through the colonization work, thous¬ ands of Jews will leave the towns and thus give a chance to those who remain. "It is obvious that the leading part in this wonderful work was played by ¦ the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. jl^our thousand Jewish families, thanks to the assistance of the J. i). C, have settled on the land, and become farmers. Not less than 25,- 000 have applied to settle on the land. It can be safely expected,'" Mr. Brown stated, "that the number of Jews who ' will apl)ly this year will reach hun¬ dreds of thousands. ¦¦ /'The crop this year looks as;if it will be very bad. A winter of faihine is expected. Obviously, those who settled on the land will be in a much better position than the city dwellers. "In the work to settle hundreds of thousands of Jews on the land sia, American Jewry must take the greatest part," .Mr. Brown continued. "The .Russian government, comes to the assistance of those Jews" who are willing to settle on the land and become farmers, but the main assistance is pected from the funds which come and will continue to come from American Jewry. "There is no reason to fear that the colonization work vrill cause Semitis'm on the part of peasants. Ex¬ perience up to the present has shown that the peasants in Russia live in most cordial relations with their neighbors, the Jewish settlers. Besides, the J. D. C. iu Russia occasionally extends as¬ sistance, when necessary, to Russian peasants who live in the neighborhood of the Jewish settlements," Mr. Brown Speaking of the general condition pf the Jews in Russia, Mr. Brown declared that "if Palestine would be open for immigration without difficulties, ther^ ia no doubt that eighty per cent of-the Jewish population of Soviet Russia would proceed to Palestine. The Soviet Government places no obstacles in the way of those who wish to leave Russia (Concluded on page i) Lipsky Meeting Will Attract Big Throngs I —JUNE ilTH Affair WUl Take Place in the Agudath Achim Synagog —Fine PiO' gram Will Be Presented Arrangements are now completed for :the big mass meeting in honor of Louis Lipsky, famous Zionist executive, which will take place at the Agudath Achim Synagog next Thursday evening, June llth. Atl Chronicle readers interested in the renaissance of Judaism and the Jewish people are urged to set this date aside for this meeting. Few m'ea in the .public eye have achieved more for the national ideal of Israel in America than h^s Mr. Lipsky, who is now Chairman of the American Zionist Organization and editor of the New Palestine, its official organ. The speaker will deal in his Columbus address with some of the perplexing problems now confronting World Jewry. Don't fail to attend this meeting—at the Agudath Achim Synagog Thursday evening, June U. Mrs. E. M. Sternberger Will Make Survey in Canada Council Executive Will Make a Care¬ ful Study of the Problems Affect¬ ing Jewish Womanhood In Canadian Communities NEW YORK CITY-Mrs. Estelle :. Stcriibcrger, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Jewish Wonien, will make a tour of several cities in Canada, where Council Sections have been established to secure first hand in¬ formation on the piioblcms affe(cting Jewish womanhood that require the spe¬ cial study and action of her organiza¬ tion. Among the cities that she will isit are Calgary and Edmonton, in Alberta, and Vancouver, in British Co¬ lumbia. Following her visit to these cities, Mrs. Sternberger will address the Westeni Interstate Conference of Coun¬ cil Sections; which will meet at Seattle, Wash., June 21st to 25th. At this con¬ ference, with which the Western Can¬ adian Council Sections are associated, Mrs. Sternberger will present her im¬ pressions and observations and also de¬ liver several addresses on thc following subjects: Sunday; evcjiinlg, Jmie 21, "Old Ideals and New Traditions," Tuesday morning, June 23, "The Con¬ ference from the National Point of View." Tuesday evening, June 23, an address at thc 25th anniversary ban¬ quet of the Seattle Section, and Wed¬ nesday afternoon, June 21, at Tacoma, Washington, where the concluding ses- ion of the Conference will meet, on 'Shifting Boundaries of Woman's Em- After the close of the Interstat
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Title | Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1925-06-05 |
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Full Text | '¦^MMMiMB^Mii^mm^^&^M^mm Central Ohio's Only, Jewish Newspaper Reaching Every Home A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME D&Doled to Jlmerican . and' Jewish Ideals Colonimion Work Is Supreme Task Of American Jewry NOTED ZIONIST LEADER TO SPEAK HERE ON JUNE IITH COLUMBUS, Ol-irC), JUNE 5, 1925 Per Year $3.00; Per Copy 10c NEW YORK-(J. T. A.) r-That thc only salv<-itioii work which can be ¦' done for thc Jews in Soviet Russia is colonization, was the statement made ¦ by David A. Brown, American Jewish I communal worker, who returned from j Russia on the Maurctania recently, in { with the representative of the "Jewish Telegraph Agency". Mr. Browai, who \*as announced as the ¦ campaign manager for the $15,000,000 , fund proposed by the Joint Distribu- ' tion Committee for thc next three years, was vCry enthusiastic concerning the I life of the new Je\vish settlers "One must go to Russia and ^ce for ¦ oneself in order to be convinced of the 1 significance of the movement of Rus- ' sian Jews to leave the crowded cities : and settle on land. Although thc situa¬ tion in Russia is no doubt* better, the majority of Jews in Russia are ccon- ' omically ruined. Jewish city dwellers have 110 chance to improve their ccon- oniiic situation. Commerce is still pro¬ hibited. Only colonization can solve the economic problem of Russian Jewry. Through the colonization work, thous¬ ands of Jews will leave the towns and thus give a chance to those who remain. "It is obvious that the leading part in this wonderful work was played by ¦ the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. jl^our thousand Jewish families, thanks to the assistance of the J. i). C, have settled on the land, and become farmers. Not less than 25,- 000 have applied to settle on the land. It can be safely expected,'" Mr. Brown stated, "that the number of Jews who ' will apl)ly this year will reach hun¬ dreds of thousands. ¦¦ /'The crop this year looks as;if it will be very bad. A winter of faihine is expected. Obviously, those who settled on the land will be in a much better position than the city dwellers. "In the work to settle hundreds of thousands of Jews on the land sia, American Jewry must take the greatest part," .Mr. Brown continued. "The .Russian government, comes to the assistance of those Jews" who are willing to settle on the land and become farmers, but the main assistance is pected from the funds which come and will continue to come from American Jewry. "There is no reason to fear that the colonization work vrill cause Semitis'm on the part of peasants. Ex¬ perience up to the present has shown that the peasants in Russia live in most cordial relations with their neighbors, the Jewish settlers. Besides, the J. D. C. iu Russia occasionally extends as¬ sistance, when necessary, to Russian peasants who live in the neighborhood of the Jewish settlements," Mr. Brown Speaking of the general condition pf the Jews in Russia, Mr. Brown declared that "if Palestine would be open for immigration without difficulties, ther^ ia no doubt that eighty per cent of-the Jewish population of Soviet Russia would proceed to Palestine. The Soviet Government places no obstacles in the way of those who wish to leave Russia (Concluded on page i) Lipsky Meeting Will Attract Big Throngs I —JUNE ilTH Affair WUl Take Place in the Agudath Achim Synagog —Fine PiO' gram Will Be Presented Arrangements are now completed for :the big mass meeting in honor of Louis Lipsky, famous Zionist executive, which will take place at the Agudath Achim Synagog next Thursday evening, June llth. Atl Chronicle readers interested in the renaissance of Judaism and the Jewish people are urged to set this date aside for this meeting. Few m'ea in the .public eye have achieved more for the national ideal of Israel in America than h^s Mr. Lipsky, who is now Chairman of the American Zionist Organization and editor of the New Palestine, its official organ. The speaker will deal in his Columbus address with some of the perplexing problems now confronting World Jewry. Don't fail to attend this meeting—at the Agudath Achim Synagog Thursday evening, June U. Mrs. E. M. Sternberger Will Make Survey in Canada Council Executive Will Make a Care¬ ful Study of the Problems Affect¬ ing Jewish Womanhood In Canadian Communities NEW YORK CITY-Mrs. Estelle :. Stcriibcrger, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Jewish Wonien, will make a tour of several cities in Canada, where Council Sections have been established to secure first hand in¬ formation on the piioblcms affe(cting Jewish womanhood that require the spe¬ cial study and action of her organiza¬ tion. Among the cities that she will isit are Calgary and Edmonton, in Alberta, and Vancouver, in British Co¬ lumbia. Following her visit to these cities, Mrs. Sternberger will address the Westeni Interstate Conference of Coun¬ cil Sections; which will meet at Seattle, Wash., June 21st to 25th. At this con¬ ference, with which the Western Can¬ adian Council Sections are associated, Mrs. Sternberger will present her im¬ pressions and observations and also de¬ liver several addresses on thc following subjects: Sunday; evcjiinlg, Jmie 21, "Old Ideals and New Traditions," Tuesday morning, June 23, "The Con¬ ference from the National Point of View." Tuesday evening, June 23, an address at thc 25th anniversary ban¬ quet of the Seattle Section, and Wed¬ nesday afternoon, June 21, at Tacoma, Washington, where the concluding ses- ion of the Conference will meet, on 'Shifting Boundaries of Woman's Em- After the close of the Interstat |
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