American Jews Help European Kin to Settle in Palestine

A large number of American Jews have recently provided for the settlement of their European relatives in Palestine, through the aid of the Palestine Department of the American Zionist Organization. Availing themselves of the opportunity which has recently been afforded by the Palestine government to apply for permission for persons of a certain age to settle in Palestine as permanent residents, if they can show that they have an assured income of five dollars a week, American relatives have obligated themselves through a bond guarantee to support the settler until he will be able to receive employment. As soon as the bond is given, the Palestine Department here gets into touch with the authorities in Jerusalem and sees to it that the British consuls in East-European countries should receive instructions to issue visas to these immigrants.

American Jews themselves, older people as well as women and children, can make applications for these settlers’ visas if they put up a bond which guarantees an income of five dollars a week for each person, according to Dr. S. Bernstein, director of the Palestine Department of the American Zionist Organization. American Jews who are interested in such applications can receive the necessary information through the Palestine Department, 111 Fifth Avenue, New York City.