Plans for the erection of a completely modern Institute for the Blind were completed at a meeting of the Palestine Lighthouse, a New York organization devoted to aid the blind of Palestine, the advisory board of which consists of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Wise, Judge Julian W. Mack, Dr. John Haynes Holmes, Rabbi Nathan Krass, Rabbi David de Sola Pool, Prof. Richard Gottheil, Sam Lamport, Arthur Lamport, Charles Topkes and Mrs. Rebecca Kohut. Albert Sokolski, New York builder and realtor, who was recently appointed by Mayor Walker as a member of the Child Welfare Board, was delegated to be the organization’s emissary to Palestine to complete the building contracts and inaugurate the program of medical service.
The Institute will be built on the outskirts of Jerusalem on one of the mountains at the edge of the city. While the funds for the support will come almost wholly from American Jews, the Institute is intended to serve the general population, Arabs as well as Jews. There will be two departments, one that will care for the blind and another that will render dispensary service to those suffering from eye ailments.
Mrs. Samuel B. Friedman is president and Mrs. Charles Cohen and Mrs. Samuel J. Goodstine are vice-presidents of the Palestine Lighthouse, the organization which is backing the new project.
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