Eighteen prominent American Jewish leaders, all of them active in overseas relief activities as early as World War I, will be honored at the Joint Distribution Committee Founders’ Dinner, be held in conjunction with the JDC’s 40th annual meeting December 9, it was announced here today.
“Those who are to be honored on this occasion all have certain outstanding qualities in common,” Edward M.M. Warburg, JDC chairman, declared in a statement “They played key roles in the establishment of the guiding principles for JDC’s mission of mercy overseas, participating actively in the development of JDC’s world-wide relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction programs.”
Those to be honored at the Founders’ Dinner include: Paul Baerwald, Senator Herbert H, Lehman and James N. Rosenberg, JDC honorary chairmen; James H. Becker, L. Edwin Goldwasser, Alexander Kahn and Dr. Bernhard Kahn, JDC vice chairmen; Alex A. Landesco, JDC comptroller; Mrs. Jonah B. Goldstein, former JDC comptroller; Sholem Asch, noted writer; Adolph Held, chairman of the Jewish Labor Committee; Judge Edward Lazansky, Rabbi David de Sola Pool, Rabbi Israel Rosenberg, Rear Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, Bernard Semel, Joseph Schlossberg and Baruch Zuckerman.
The Joint Distribution Committee was formed in 1914 as a result of the pleas for help of Jewish war sufferers in Palestine and to Europe, with the late Felix Warburg as its first chairman. In the 40 years of its existence JDC has spent some $525,000,000, aiding more than three and a half million Jews in 70 countries of the world.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
