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Chicago Non-zionists Raise $70,000 for United Palestine Appeal

March 19, 1926
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(Jewish Daily Bulletin)

At a dinner in honor of Judge Harry M. Fisher, which took place on March 17th, sixty-four men were present who pledged $70,000 to the United Palestine Appeal, the entire sum to be paid in full by April 1st.

These pledges represent a group of people who had never before contributed for Palestine purposes and it is expected that they will this year contribute a minimum of $100,000.

The committee representing this group consists of the following: Judge Harry M. Fisher, S. J. Rosenblatt, William Sultan, David Labowitch and Michael Rosenberg.

The director of the United Palestine Appeal Campaign in Chicago is George Greenspun.

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