Brooklyn Passes $250,000 Mark in Campaign for United Palestine Appeal

Brooklyn has passed the quarter million dollar mark in the United Palestine Appeal, according to an announcement made today by Supreme Court Justice Mitchell May, honorary chairman of the Brooklyn Division. Of the $646,013 raised thus far in the Greater New York campaign for the rehabilitation of the Jewish National Homeland, $259,695 has been contributed by Brooklyn Jewry.

Of the nine sectional divisions into which the borough has been divided, Brownsville and East New York are far in the lead with contributions totalling $61,690. Jacob H. Cohen is president of the Brownsville and East New York Division and Morris Weinberg is chairman of appeals. Other divisions, their chairmen and amounts raised to date include: Boro Park, Isaac Ipp, chairman, $48,340; Williamsburg, Max Blumberg, chairman, $31,420; Flatbush, Albert D. Schanzer, chairman, $29,429; Eastern Parkway, Rabbi Louis D. Gross, chairman, $28,425; Bensonhurst, Samuel Kramer, chairman, $20,000; Mapleton Park, Joseph Rosenberg, chairman, $6,000; Manhattan Beach and Brighton Beach, Julius Nathanson, chairman, $2,806; South Brooklyn and Bay Ridge, $2,575.

The Brooklyn Chapter of Hadassah, of which Mrs. Adolph Slomka is president, has contributed $17,000 towards, the Brooklyn quota to date. Another $12,000 has been credited to the borough total by the Fur Chest.

This total will be considerably augmented during the next few weeks as the result of a number of sectional dinners which will take place, Justice May pointed out.

More than 100 appeals in the leading synagogues of Brooklyn in the interest of the United Palestine Appeal will be made from the pulpits by guest speakers at the Passover holiday services. These appeals are expected to add several thousand dollars to the Brooklyn campaign coffers.