An economic conference of German Jewry in order to discuss and decide means to mitigate the bad economic situation of German Jews was proposed at yesterday’s annual meeting of the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden. Kareski, president of the Berlin Jewish Kehillah, reported about the fight that is going on against the German government’s refusal to approve the new Jewish Kehillah status, which would give East-European Jews living in Germany the right to be elected as Kehillah members.
The meeting was presided over by James Simon, president of the Hilfsverein. Dr. Wishnitzer, general secretary, in his report showed that the Hilfsverein helped last year 38,000 Jewish and non-Jewish emigrants, aided Chalutzim going to Palestine and also did relief work in the Jewish colonies in Soviet Russia and other East European countries. He declared that the Hilfsverein now has 78,000 annual dues-paying members.
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