of the Jewish populations of Poland, Russia and the border states.
The Jewish Agency for Palestine, in which are included an equal number of non-Zionist and Zionist members, has been created in Zurich in August 1929, pursuant to the terms of the British Mandate over Palestine, whereby it was agreed that all classes of Jews are to be called upon to cooperate in the development of Palestine. The purposes of the Jewish Agency as enlarged, are to deal with such matters as the promotion of agricultural colonization in Palestine based on Jewish labor, the increase of Jewish immigration within the capacity of the country to absorb it, provide for Jewish religious needs, foster the Hebrew language, assist in the cultural, sanitary, hygienic and industrial development, and provide funds for schools, hospitals and clinics.
The late Louis Marshall was, until his death, chairman of the Agency. Lord Melchett is the chairman of its Council, and Dr. Chaim Weizmann is the president of the Jewish Agency.
The $6,000,000 that it is hoped to raise for the year 1930 by the Allied Jewish Campaign will be turned over in the proportion of $3,500,000 to the Joint Distribution Committee and $2,500,000 to the Jewish Agency.
“Important as this campaign is from the standpoint of the needs we are trying to meet in the reconstruction of Palestine and the rehabilitation of our people throughout Eastern Europe,” Mr. Warburg commented, “it is equally important, in that through this effort, all elements in American Jewry, regardless of so-called religious and political differences, can find opportunity to ally themselves in one great, common Jewish cause, in which they will be rendering the greatest measure of help in the realization of our ideals for the economic and cultural rehabilitation of the Jews of Eastern Europe and for Palestine.”
The national headquarters of the Allied Jewish Campaign will be at 415 Lexington Avenue, New York City. State and local organizations are being rapidly established.
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