The sum of $500,000 was raised toward the $2,500,000 fund sought by the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities at a dinner Sunday night in the Unity Club, Brooklyn. The dinner was given by Supreme Court Justice Edward Lazansky to Walter N. Rothschild, chairman of the fund raising committee of the federation, and 300 officers and members of the twenty-four affiliated societies.
Announcement was made of contributions from four members of the Manhattan Federation. They were Felix M. Warburg and Frederick Brown, each of whom gave $25,000, and Louis J. Horowitz and James J. Brooke, with $5,000 each. None of the four was at the dinner.
All the other subscriptions were from Brooklyn members. The largest were: I. and M. Parshelsky, jointly, $22,500; Morris Salzman, $15,000; Benjamin B. Englander and Levy & Baird. each $10,000; Supreme Court Justice A. I. Nova and Alexander Cohen, jointly, $9,000; A. N. Bernstein and Jerome Levine, $9,000 each; Hugo H. Tiesen, $8,000; Samuel H. Lyons and Mrs. Lyons, $7,500 each.
Gifts of $6,000 each came from Jack Gumpert, Dr. and Mrs. W. Linder, Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Lustig, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. May, Jerome Roth and Hyman Zeitz. Gifts of $5,000 each: A. H. Schwartz, Nathan D. and Mrs. Shapiro and Pincus Glickman. Gifts of $3,000: Joseph Michaels, Jr., Humphrey Michaels and Morris Weinberg.
Justice Lazansky, who was toastmaster, complimented Chairman Rothschild on the successful start of the campaign which will end April 3.
“The problem of the Brooklyn Jewish community has changed considerably in the past few years,” Mr. Rothschild said in his address. “There has been a steady influx of Jewish people in Brooklyn until we now have approximately 750,000 here, which is the largest Jewish community in the world. While this has been going on, there has been a steady corresponding emigration to Manhattan of those who are most financially able to help care for Brooklyn’s phinanthropic needs.
“These changing conditions will ultimately bring about some form of cooperation with the Manhattan Federation. The leaders in Manhattan already understand our difficulties and are working with us in this campaign to bring about a closer relationship between the two bodies. But before we can appeal to Manhattan we must exhaust our own resources and create a unified federation which will truly represent the entire community.”
Among the passengers arriving on the steamer Westphalia today are European representatives to the International Grand Masters’ Chess Tournament, which will be held at the Manhattan Square Hotel, on February 19th Rudolf Spielmann, from Vienna and Aron Nimzowitseh, from Copenhagen, are two of the prominent players who are arriving. They will be welcomed at Quarantine by a Committee representing Mayor Walker.
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