The amount of five hundred million dollars was raised by American Jews in social, religious and philanthropic efforts for the needs of their own communities here and for foreign assistance to the stricken Jews of Europe and other lands, since the inception of the War Relief Campaign, fourteen years ago. Of this amount through the Joint Distribution Committee alone, about seventy-five million dollars was so far spent for relief work abroad.
This statement was made by David A. Brown, national chairman of the United Jewish Campaign, at the conference held last week in Boston.
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