Close to $75,000 has been raised already by workers for the United Palestine Appeal in this city. The goal for Baltimore has been set at $150,000.
The campaign, which was inaugrated with a banquet on November 28, will come to a close with a supper Monday night, December 13, at the Southern Hotel.
Judge William M. Lewis, National Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, and Bernard Stone, Executive Secretary of the Appeal, left for a tour of middle-western cities where they will consult with the local leaders and deliver addresses in the interest of the Appeal.
A two-day stay in Indianapolis will be followed by a visit by Judge Lewis and Mr. Stone in Chicago, where they will address a number of meetings of United Palestine Appeal workers. On Tuesday evening Mr. Stone will address a dinner in Milwaukee, and from there will go to Detroit and Rochester.
ZACUTO CHART USED BY COLUMBUS EXHIBITED AT SEMINARY RECEPTION
A counterpart of the perpetual almanac which was used by Columbus on his voyage of the discovery of America was exhibited at the reception to new members of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America held last night in the auditorium of the Seminary. The author of this rare document was Abraham Zacuto, a Spanish Jew of that period. The Seminary also displayed a manuscript containing the rare signature of Moses Maimonides, the great Jewish scholar, philosopher, and physician of the Twelfth Century. These and other manuscripts are part of the library of the institution which is said to have the rarest collection of Jewish books in the world.
Dr. Cyrus Adler, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary, presided. Gerald Warburg rendered a number of selections on the cello.
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