The campaign for funds for the erection of a Jewish Community Center on Gerard avenue near East 164th street, the Bronx, was materially aided at the memorial services of the Congregation Hope of Israel.
Following an address by Dr. Samuel Benjamin, rabbi of the congregation, Samuel L. Miller, the president, appealed for contributions. The following made donations in the sums ranging from $1,500 to $25:
Congregation Hope of Israel, Entertainment Committee, Mrs. Simon Baker, Jacob Brinn, Samuel Crown, Irving Freeman, Herman Gersten, L. Gleichenhaus, Gray Family, Morris Goldfinger, Murray Green, L. M. Greene, Samuel Greenwald, George Mendelson, Dr. Morris Stoller, Harry Solomon, W. Wald, J. Henry Waldman, Max Waldman, Exelrod Family, Marvin Chase, Joshua Haberman, Juliet and Marylin Breakstone, A. Ackerberg, Mr. and Mrs. Adleman, Samuel Berler, Harry Gerzog, L. Darowsky, Mrs. Abe Kirshenbaum, Mrs. Herman Unterman, Master James Kleid, Pincus Kleinmints, Mrs. Fanny Kleinmintz, Gussie Levin, Dr. Edward Levy, Miriam Rogovin, Harry Lipschitz, Mary Mitchel, Aaron Mazie, Samuel Ottenstein, Samuel Riedler, Mr. Schneider, Rose Schoenfeld, David Scharf, Mr. Weisman, The Walcourse Civic Assn., Louis Zaretsky, Morris Gutterman, Sylvia and Betty Miller, and Philip Scorbi.
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