HADASSAH SENT $653,426 TO PALESTINE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING OCT. 1 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ITS PROJECTS THERE, ACCORDING TO A REPORT PREPARED FOR ITS TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN ATLANTIC CITY FROM OCT. 27 TO 31. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE REPORT STATES, HADASSAH GAINED 12,000 NEW MEMBERS, BRINGING THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT TO 64,000 IN THE SENIOR AND JUNIOR DIVISIONS. OF THE TOTAL SUM, $267,860 WAS APPLIED TO THE HADASSAH MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH WORK IN PALESTINE; $180,000, OF WHICH $29,000 WAS A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE AMERICAN JEWISH PHYSICIANS’ COMMITTEE, WENT TO THE BUILDING FUND OF THE MEDICAL CENTER BEING CONSTRUCTED IN JERUSALEM; $180,000 TO THE YOUTH ALIYAH MOVEMENT FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF GERMAN AND POLISH CHILDREN IN PALESTINE, AND $80,000 FOR THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND.
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