A donation of $50,000 by Louis Marshall to the United Jewish Campaign was announced by William Fox, chairman of the New York drive. Mr. Fox also announced a gift of $30,000 from Paul Baerwald.
Mr. Marshall, who is honorary chairman of the drive, accompanied his gift with a letter in which he gave a description of the misery now suffered by the Jews in European countries and urged the Jews of the city to give unstinted support in service and money to the effort that is being made in this city to raise New York’s quota of the fund. If the Jews of Europe perish, Mr. Marshall declared, the blame will rest on American Jewry.
Mr. Baerwald, who is senior member of Lazard Freres, is treasurer of the New York drive.
Three gifts of $25,000 each were made by Jacob J. Newman, Henry A. Dix, and Gregori Benenson, to the United. Jewish Campaign, Mr. Fox also announced.
Mr. Newman, a New York banker, was formerly of New Orleans.
Mr. Dix, two years ago, turned over his business to his employees. At that time he also made a gift of a large piece of property in Mount Kisco to the Young Women’s Hebrew Association as a summer home for the organization. Mr. Benenson is a real estate operator.
Headquarters for the Brooklyn Division of the United Jewish Campaign have been opened in the Albee Theatre Building, Fulton St. and DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Hugh Grant Straus, son of Nathan Straus, has been named treasurer of the drive and Nathan D. Shapiro, secretary. The organization committee assisting Judge Moscowitz, the chairman, is composed of: Simon Abels, Samuel Barnett, Joseph Barondess, Bernard Bloch, Louis Brenner, Herman Brickman, James J. Brooke, Judah L. Buchman, Hon. Emanuel Celler, Jacob H. Cohen, A. Davidson, Benjamin B. Englander, Hon. Alexander H. Geismar, Louis Germain, Moses Ginsberg, Pincus Geisman, William Godnick, Charles Goell, Jack Gumpert, Milton Hertz, Isaac Ipp, Louis J. Jaffee, Nathan S. Jonas. Ralph Jonas, Samuel Kahan, Abraham Kaplan, Dr. Carl Kaplan Max N. Koven, Israel Lack, Hon. Edward Lazansky, Isaac Levin, Aaron William Levy, Jacob Levy, Hon. Harry E. Lewis, Harry M. Marks, Isaac Marks, Hon. Mitchell May, Louis J. Moss, Benjamin H. Namm, Herman Neaderland, Hon. A. I. Nova, Charles Paston, Leon S. Pelz, Hugo H. Piesen, Louis Rayvid, Benjamin C. Ribman, Elias Reiss, Levi Rokeach, Gustave S. Roth, Walter N. Rothschild, Samuel Rottenberg, Morris Salzman, Meier Steinbrink, Sidney F. Strongin, Morris Walzer, Morris Weinberg and Hyman Zeitz.
The Middle Atlantic States Federation of Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association, at a meeting in Washington, D. C, elected David Weiner, president of the local Young Men’s Hebrew Association, as president of the Federation, and Miss Minnie Hutt, president of the Washington Young Women’s Hebrew Association, as secretary.
Other officers elected included Morris Kantor, Newport News, first vice-president; Dairy Goodman, Norfolk, second vice-president; R. Louis Bainder, Baltimore, third vice-president, and Beba Cohen, Richmand, treasurer.
BREVITIES
The Bible is still the best seller, according to the annual report of the American Bible society, an interdenominational organization, issued by the northwestern agency in Chicago. The total issues for the last year in 150 languages and dialects was 9,069,120 volumes, a gain over the year previous of 2,416,821, the largest circulation in any of the 110 years of the existence of the Bible society. China took 4,075,853 volumes, an increase for the year of 1,222,315 volumes. The Chicago branch circulated 625,894 volumes in 66 languages.
Dr. Arnold Margolin will give a reading from his new book, “The Jews of Eastern Europe,” at the Bernard G. Richards bookshop, 414 Madison Avenue, New York, on Thursday evening, March 25.
Mr. Jacob Fishman, Managing Editor of the “Jewish Morning Journal,” will preside.
Twelve Jewish immigrants were detained at the port of Halifax by the Canadian Government inspectors because they were discovered to be in possession of false permits. All of them are expected to be deported back to Europe.
The Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada which is the only institution authorized to secure a certain number of permits for Jewish immigrants from Europe each year is requesting all Jewish emigration societies in Europe to warn Jewish emigrants against dealing with unauthorized persons since they are all in danger of being detained on arrival at the Canadian ports and of being deported back to Europe.
The New England Zionist region, through its President, Hon. Elihu D. Stone, Assistant United States Attorney, and Executive Secretary, Mendel N. Fisher, sent the following message of condolence to President Coolidge: “We mourn with you the loss you have sustained. Col. Coolidge represented the finest spirit and personified the old New England characteristics of tolerance, faith and simplicity. May God console you in this hour of your bereavement. God giveth and God taketh.”
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