The American Jewish Joint Distribution will this year spend three times as much as in 1936 to aid the Jews of Poland, it was announced last night by Dr. Bernhard Kahn, European director of the J.D.C., and David Schweitzer, financial director.
An initial payment of $275,000 will be made in the next quarter, it was stated, which is itemized as follows:
For Polish Jews’ loan banks, $60,000; $25,000 to start small industries; $10,000 to aid victims of anti-Semitic terrorism; $15,000 to feed school children; $30,000 to enable the TOZ (Polish Jewish health organization) to re-equip its institutions; $25,000 for children’s welfare institutions and employment of artisans by renovating hospitals with Jewish labor.
Also, $5,000 for victims of restrictions on kosher meat slaughter; $15,000 for children’s summer camps; $10,000 for Passover relief; $10,000 to re-equip trade schools to enable youth to obtain manual training and $20,000 to prevent the closing of Jewish schools for noncompliance with health regulations.
In addition, the usual monthly contributions will be increased to benefit other Jewish institutions.
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