Charleston Jewry, meeting in a large protest demonstration at the Jewish Center here, raised $1,000 as its initial contribution to the Palestine Emergency Fund. Within a few days teams will be organized to canvass the city for larger funds.
England’s responsibility for the present situation, and the necessity for making amends and rendering impossible a recurrence of the outrages, were stressed by the speakers, who included Sol Goldman, chairman of the Palestine Emergency Fund, Joseph Fromberg, who presided, Rabbi B. G. Axelman, the Rev. J. F. Burkhardt, pastor of the Charleston Unitarian Church, Mrs. H. J. Williams, Rabbi J. S. Raisin, Walter B. Wilbur, Rev. I. Feinberg. The resolutions were adopted as introduced by Sam Rittenberg.
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