$5,000 Raised for Relief Action
The present condition of the Jews in Roumania was described as “a very sad one,” by Dr. William Filderman, head of the Union of the Jews of Roumania, at a dinner Sunday night given at Hotel Astor in his honor by the United Roumanian Jews of America. Dr. Filderman arrived from Roumania on Thursday.
“The Roumanian people themselves,” Dr. Filderman said, “are in sympathy with the Jews. But due to the post-war economic crisis and the activities of an active group of anti-Semitic propagandists, commerce and industry are paralyzed and the personal liberty of the Jew exists no more. The anti-Semites have become so much bolder since crime goes unpunished. We hope that with the advent of the new government the situation will change for the better.”
Louis Marshall and Judge Julian W. Mack spoke in high terms of Dr. Filderman’s achievements. Leo Feraru, Honorary Roumanian Consul here, Leo Wolfson, president of the United Roumanian Jews of America, and Solomon Sufrin, former president, addressed the gathering.
More than $5,000 was raised for the Jews of Roumania. A Philadlephia delegate pledged another $5,000.
Max Rosen, violinist, entertained at the banquet.
At a meeting at Milford. Del., plans were discussed for building a synagogue for the Jewish residents of Kent and Sussex counties, Del.
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