Chaim Nachman Bialik, poet of the Hebrew renaissance, is arriving today on the Mauretania, on his first visit to America.
Mr. Bialik is known as the greatest Hebrew poet since Jehudah Halevy. His works have been translated into English, German, Russian, French and Spanish and he is ranked by critics as among the foremost living lyric poets.
He is making his first American visit at the invitation of the United Palestine Appeal, of which Dr. Stephen S. Wise is Chairman, and he will make addresses in the leading cities of the country in the interest of the $5,000,000 United Palestine Appeal.
A reception will be given in honor of Mr. Bialik at Mecca Temple tomorrow, under the auspices of the United Palestine Appeal.
A delegation of American Zionist leaders and American literary personalities will go down the bay on the Mayor’s boat to greet him at quarantine. Representatives of over two hundred Jewish organizations and hundreds of pupils from the Hebrew schools of the city will be at the pier to welcome him.
Louis Lipsky, Chairman of the Zionist Organization of America, and Dr. Schmarya Levin are also passengers on the Mauretania.
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