The Joint Defense Appeal, which is the fund-raising arm of the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League of the B’nai B’rith, today announced that it will launch an independent fund-raising campaign in New York with the intention of raising $3,000,000 towards its national goal of $6,000,000.
For the last four years, the Joint Defense Appeal has received its funds in New York from the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. The independent campaign will be launched by the J. D. A. on February 1, the announcement said.
In a joint statement issued today by Jacob Blaustoin, president of the American Jewish Committee, Frank Goldman, president of the B’nai B’rith, and Justice Meier Steinbrink, national chairman of the Anti-Defamation league, Jews are warned against complacency in the work of combatting anti-Semitism in the United States.
"There are in the United States today 66 organized anti-minority groups, issuing propaganda through 47 newspapers and periodicals and reaching the public, through bigoted commentators, more than 100 independent radio stations, " they said.
"Last year, several of the largest hate-groups raised more than $1,000,000 to promote anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic and anti-Negro propaganda," the statement continued. "These are the focal centers of infection, there are also the deeply imbedded discriminatory practices – ‘quote’ systems in colleges and professional schools, discrimination in hotels, resorts, sports, housing and in economic fields."
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