(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
European Jewry, recovering its balance, is resuming its place in social work, was the statement made by Max Warburg, banker and philanthropist, brother of Felix M-Warburg, at a meeting of the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden held at his home in Hamburg.
“Many persons in Germany who were formerly generous givers are still unable to give as they did before. But we are already able to examine our position and determine how much we are able to give,” Mr. Warburg stated. “German Jewry is still assisting the orphan victims of the pogroms, foreign Jewish students, and Jewish transmigrants through Germany.
“The Hilfsverein now desires to resume on a modest scale its pre-war work in foreign countries,” Mr. Warburg continued. “Before the war international Jewish relief was based on the three pillars of the Anglo-Jewish Association, the Alliance Israelite Universelle and the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden. After the war the Joint Distribution Committee took over to a large extent the work previously conducted by the Hilfsverein and Dr. Bernard Kahn, one of the founders of the Hilfsverein, is now directing the Joint’s work from Berlin.
“We must not be merely a through station for others”, the speaker declared. “We must make our own efforts in Poland and Russia, where we will be not merely givers but also receivers, because the strength of Jewry will always be renewed largely from these quarters.
“The Hilisverein can work equally in Eastern Europe as in Palestine. I see the Hilfsverein’s principal activity in Eastern Europe, because Palestine can receive only a limited number of people although in the idealistic and religious respect we can do unlimited work there,” Mr. Warburg concluded.
Plans for the celebration of the festival of Purlm. which will be observed Tuesday. March 6, are being made by Jewish Community Centers and Y. M. H. A.’s throughout the country. The Jewish Welfare Board is cooperating with these organizations by furnishing them with material for their programs.
A set of 25 questions and answers on the significance of the holiday has also been compiled by the Jewish Welfare Board and distributed to the Centers.
The Jewish National Fund has arranged for the celebration of Purim by Zionists throughout the country.
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