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The achievement of the Federation of Jewish Charities in Philadelphia in raising $4,404,000 in a week is held up as a memorable example to the entire city by the Philadelphia “Public Ledger.”
“What the Federation of Jewish Charities has done,” declares the paper, “in raising $4,404,000 in a week for the expansion of charitable, religious and educational activities brings a thrilling inspiration to the city at large as an example of what can be achieved in cooperation by those with the will, the mind and the heart to do it. From the start not a worker was deterred by the size of the objective. The 2,000 individuals, acting as a unit, were mobilized with a genius for business organization and without waste of effort. They touched the springs of a devotion and a public spirit which they themselves felt and which they illustrated by the force of their personal example in unselfish service.”
Similar sentiments are expressed by the Philadelphia “News” in an editorial “A Great Drive Well Done.” Says the paper:
“The building fund drive of the Federation of Jewish Charities is a remarkable monument to the generosity of the Jews of this city…. A convalescent home will be built and named after Jules E. Mastbaum, as a testimonial to his leadership in this remarkable campaign. The willingness of Philadelphia’s wealthy men to share their riches with the less fortunate of their brethren deserves the plaudits of the city and nation.”
EINSTEIN AS HUMANITARIAN
That Professor Einstein is as great a humanitarian as he is a scientist is the point emphasized by the “Christian Science Monitor” in an editorial referring to a statement made by Einstein in a Paris interview wherein the great Jewish scientist expressed his conviction that – “Our task as technicians in physical science is to serve. In our sphere we wish to collaborate in the task of peacemaking. which should be the profound desire of every man and every nation.”
“Though the world has identified Professor Einstein so completely with his mathematical discoveries as to have largely ignored his humanities.” the “Christin Science Monitor” comments. “It is evident that the German savent, so famous for his theory of relativity, is keenly awake to the world’s vital needs …. He amplified his belief by urging that the greatest good of men is peace. and that the promotion of intellectual relations and the coordination of thoughts will consolidate peace.”
ZIONISTS AND PEASANTS UNITE AGAINST COMMUNISTS IN WHITE RUSSIA
Zionist farmers and prosperous Christian peasants joined forces for the first time against regular Communist candidates in the local political election just held in this district, an Associated Press despatch from Minsk reports.
In many viliages they succeeded in deleating the Communists. while in others they made considerable gains, the despatch stated.
Rabbi Isreal Rabimowitz 101. the oldest men in Rochester, N.Y., died at the Jewish Home for the Aged.
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