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THE RESPONSE OF AMERICAN JEWRY TO Tiir
PALESTINE EMERGENCY FUND RACING
OVER $1,000,000
Jews of all classes seemed to for
get caste and class and clique and
joined in proclaiming the unity of
Israel as trenchantly as their creed
has proclaimed the Divine Unity.
Rich man and poor man, butcher
and baker, capitalist and laborer, Re
form, conservative and orthodox, radi
cal and conservative by wire informed
Mr. Brown of their readiness to help.
Some of the more noteworthy con
tributions of the week will indicate
the wide range of the response.
A third check from Nathan Straus
for $26,000, with additional checks
from the two sons of Mr. Straus,
Senator Nathan Straus, Jr. and Hugh
Grant Straus, for $12,500 each.
Daily checks of $5,000 from Phila
delphia.
A check from Otto Kahn for $5,000.
A check from Warner Brothers for
$10,000 which included $6,581.60, the
net proceeds of benefit performances
given Tuesday midnight in all of the
Warner Bros, playhouses in Greater
New York.
A shop collection running into the
thousands of dollars.
A check for $100 from Ossip
Gabrilowitach, famous conductor of
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
(he Jewish son-in-law of the great
American Humorist, Mark Twain.
A check for $2,000 from the Work
men’s circle.
Contribution by Day Labor and
push-card peddlers representative
self-deprivation for the sick of suf
fering Jews.
Special benefit performance,
through the courtesy of Florence Zieg-
feld, of Whoopee by arrangement oi
Eddie Cantor, besides Cantor’s own
personal contribution of $500. The
theatre was given free by Mr. Er-
langer and the attaches of the play
house all gave their services gratis.
Announcement of acceptance of
offer by Mr. Brown from Postal Tele
graph Company to place all of its
offices in the U. S. at the disposal of
the Palestine Emergency Fund to re
ceive contributions. Large posters
are being placed in all of its branches
at the expense of the Postal, calling
attention to the fund.
offerings, contributions during T
week were announced from the f
lowing cities: Detroit, $4 000 h
ton, Texas, $3,000; New Haven tST
000; Tulsa, Oklahoma, $ 1,000• V
cester, Mass., $2,000; Omaha’ vT
$2,000; Mt. Vernon, \\ y $1*720"
Lexington, Ky., $775; St.’ Jos’enh’v"
$565; Wheeling, W. V., $756; AkhbSS*
Wisconsin, $221, Hazard. Ky $200'
Saranac Lake, N. Y., $165; Steveni
Point, Wis., $160; Catskill, N y
$136.46; San Jose, Calif.. $125*’Ail
roa, Ill., $253.56; Madison, Wis $300•
Providence, R. I., $3,300; Cincinnati’
$3,000; Bridgeport, $500; Chester, P»
$256; Jacksonville, Florida, $5,000.
These contributions do not indue
large numbers of contributions sent
directly to the office.
The added gifts of Mr. Straus awl
his sons Mr. David A. Brown declared,
constituted one of the most inspiring
scenes he has ever witnessed in hu
experience in philanthropic work.
“The beloved philanthropist seemed
to have aged ten years since the new<
of the slaughter of the Jews in Pales
tine. It must be borne in mind that
Mr. Straus has consecrated himself
to the Jewish development of Pales
tine and the establishment of friendly
relations there between the Jews and
the Arabs. He has given up many
luxuries, cut dearly into his capital
and reduced his personal living ex
penses to a minimum in order that
he might be able to give generously
to Palestine in addition to giving to
so many other humanitarian causes.’
“One of his first great benefaction?
to Palestine occurred shortly after
the outbreak of the World War, when
he sold his private yacht in order U
obtain funds to shelter, clothe and
feed Jewish orphans in that country.
Later Mr. Straus disposed of his fa
mous trotting-stable and turned the
proceeds over to Palestine Welfare
stations. This was followed by the
sale of his green houses, so that be
could give more money to Palestine.
And Mrs. Nathan Straus gave her
jewels to Hadassah to be sold for the
benefit of the medical work of that
organization in Palestine.”
LONDON HOLDS MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR
PALESTINE VICTIMS
London (J. T. A.)—Memorial ser
vice for the victims of the Palestine
outbreaks were held at the Great
Synagogue.
“Some tragedies are too deep for
tears, some calamities too vast for
lamentation,” said Chief Rabbi, Dr.
J. H. Hertz. "The tragedy and calam
ity that has stirred the civilized world
during the last fortnight is so strik
ing that nearly all ecclesiastics in this
country have been struck dumb and
they have nothing to say. There have
been some patronizing letters appear
ing in the press. I took them seriously
and wrote to one, asking him to the
Albert Hall protest meeting, but he re
plied that he could not very well come
because he did not like the ‘insolence
and aggressivness of the ^ionu^-
He had nothing to say of the he
outrages and the continuous pc? 1 ®®
of the last ten days,” Dr. Hertz #
c 1r red
The High Commissioner replied tl
all available evidence would be P 81
before the Commission appoint
the British government.
The Commission of Inquiry
about
pected to arrive in Palestine
September 20. The members W1 .
all the scenes of the rioting, P 8
said to be flour
reive*
ularly Safed.
The sale of arms is sa
ishing in the country. Rides, rex ^
and daggers are being smuggle
from Transjordania. ht
Fifty Arab prisoners un .
to Jerusalem from Hebron
der military escort.
