More than $75,000 was added to the campaign treasury of the United Palestine Appeal at two dinners this week. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, national honorary chairman, was the guest of honor at the Borough Park dinner held at Union Temple, Brooklyn, and the Washington Heights dinner at the Hotel Astor on Tuesday night.
More than 400 attended the $100-aplate dinner of the Borough Park Division, the affair marking the seventh annual dinner in the campaign for Palestine funds. Addresses were delivered by Dr. Wise and Rev. Hirsch Masliansky with Isaac Ipp, campaign chairman, acting as toastmaster.
Leading contributions in the $45,000 raised in Borough Park include Young Israel, $2,000; Max Jonas, $2,000; Joseph Dauber, $1,500.
Characterizing the rebuilding of the Jewish National Homeland as the “miracle of miracles,” Dr. Wise said at the Washington Heights dinner, “It isn’t often the Jews have a chance to invest in an immortal enterprise. We are not asked to give our lives. All we are asked is to give what we can. We Jews are said to be capable of adventure. The 4,000 years of Jewish history is matchless. In 1858 our fathers were dispossesed from the land to which they had given deep significance. During the years that followed, while they were never hopeless, they were helpless. Within our time the great opportunity has come to us.”
Louis Meryash increased his last year’s contribution from $1,100 to $5,000. Mrs. Sarah Botein, chairman of the women’s committee, announced that more than $3,000 had been raised by the women of Washington Heights.
Deputy Police Commissioner Nelson Ruttenberg, chairman of the Washington Heights $80,000 campaign, presided as toastmaster.
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