Two thousand women representing 45 states assembled tonight at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel to hear addresses by Mrs. Edward Jacobs, president, and Governor George H. Earle, guest speaker, opening the four-day 22nd annual convention of Hadassah, women’s Zionist organization.
Mrs. Jacobs declared that the Jews have a historic claim for resettlement of Palestine. “Palestine has become to Jews everywhere a symbol of corporate existence,” she said. “Jewish activities in all countries which have constructive character derive from the inspiration of Palestine.”
Governor Earle spoke over a nation-wide network of the National Broadcasting Co. In introducing him, Mrs. Moses P. Epstein spoke of his hatred of intolerance and bigotry.
Miss Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, declared in a message sent from Jerusalem that political conditions could increase the Miss Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, declared in a message from Jerusalem that political conditions could increase the difficulties of building the Jewish homeland, but could not “impair the spiritual foundation of the structure.” She praised the restraint of the Jewish settlers in the face of recent disorders.
Other messages were received from Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, Palestine’s High Commissioner; Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New York; James G. McDonald, associate editor of the New York Times; Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, Isaac Ben Zvi, president of the Jewish National Council in Palestine, and the Zionist Organization of America.
Hadassah raised in the past year $600,800–the highest sum in any one year–to support its projects in Palestine, it was announced. This included $264,000 for hospital maintenance and health work, $60,000 for the Rothschild-Hadassah-University Hospital and Medical School and $110,000 for transferring 300 Jewish children from Germany to Palestine and maintaining them there.
Tomorrow evening a panel discussion will be held on Jewish education. A discussion of “Zionism–a Dynamic Approach to Present Day Jewish Problems” will be presented with Marvin Lowenthal, Dr. Horace M. Kallen, Rabbi David de Sola Pool, Rabbi Simon Greenberg and Mrs. Hyman B. Ullian as speakers.
A symposium on Palestine, with emphasis on recent developments will be held Tuesday evening.
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