(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The erection of three large buildings at the Hebrew University, which was dedicated on April 1, 1925, will be begun on Mount Scopus during the month of June.
The buildings on which the work will commence are the Hebrew National Library, for which a fund was donated by Mr. David Wolfsohn, the Einstein Institute of Physics and Mathematics, for which Mr. Philip Wattenburg of New York donated a fund, and the Institute for Jewish Studies, the building to be erected in memory of Mr. Sol Rosenbloom of Pittsburgh, Pa., with a fund created by his widow. The total cost of the three buildings will be $700,000.
The budget of the Hebrew University for the current year amounts to £3,430.
JEWISH COMMUNAL ACTIVITIES
How charity has given way to social service, which is now making room for welfare work, is told in the annual report of the Henry Street Settlement and its Visiting Nurse Service. The report, written by Miss Lillian D. Wald, President, was made public Sunday.
“Looking back over the years, it is evident that the standards of living, the comprehension of the needs of children have marched ahead, and this may be said despite the devastating effects of the World War,” Miss Wald’s report stated.
A special report of the Visiting Nurse Service, which covers three boroughs, Manhattan, Bronx and Richmond, showed that in 1925 it ministered through its staff of 253 persons to approximately 50,000 individual patients, to whom were paid 346,810 visits, and the nurses gave 10,567 hours at clinic and cared for an attendance there of 18,330 patients.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Blumberg were honored Sunday night at the Brooklyn Jewish Centre for their philanthropy in giving away several hundred thousand dollars in the last few years, not only to their own faith, to the needy, but to all unfortunates who came to their notice. The dinner at the Jewish Centre, on Eastern Parkway, was attended by 550 persons.
Jacob Rosen was Chairman; Rabbi Maxwell L. Sacks, toastmaster. Among the speakers were Justice Mitchell May, of the Supreme Court; Grover M. Moskowitz, Judge of the United States District Court; Rabbi Israel H. Levinthal, Joseph Barondess and Rabbi Aaron D. Burack.
The conservative congregation of Daytona Beach, Florida, dedicated its new synagogue, which was erected at a cost of $40,000. Rabbi T. Ravitch is rabbi of the congregation. Mr. Harry Pepper is president.
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