Appeal to Jews of Palestine to Help Victims of Crisis

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)

An urgent appeal for help for the sufferers from the crisis in Palestine has been issued here by the Relief Commission appointed by the Vaad Leumi, National Council of Palestine Jews. The appeal which is signed by Dr. J. L. Magnes, the chairman, and Jacobus Kann, treasurer, says:

“The National Council of Palestinian Jews has appointed a Commission to regulate the relief work throughout the country. Up to the present, such work was only done in Tel-Aviv with funds provided by the community and the joint Distribution Committee, mainly in connection with the children and orphans in the schools and kindergartens. Bread was distributed, small loans were granted and attempts were made to initiate domestic and garden work of various kinds, in order to do away with the necessity for direct relief.

“But poverty and want have steadily increased. The Commission has been compelled to extend the scope of its work to the other cities of Palestine. The means at its disposal, however, are very limited and barely suffice for the more urgent cases. The Commission, therefore, appeals to the Yishuv, which in time of need, has always known how to mobilize its forces effectively, to fulfill this fraternal duty, the sacred duty devolving on all sections of the Jewish community, and assist the sufferers in the most generous manner possible to tide over the crisis. The commission calls upon the Jews in the towns and villages to give quickly. Our Jewish brothers the world over are awake to the needs of their fellow Jews. How much more should this apply to Palestine. The call is urgent. It must and shall be responded to!”