To bring the beauty of Palestine and the progress of the work being done there before the public through art is the purpose of Alexander Kogan, well known Russian Jewish publisher, who arrived in New York recently from Palestine.
Mr. Kogan, who was the publisher of the Russian daily tabloid, the “Gazeta Kopeika,” and the art journal, “Solntze Rosii,” transferred his activities after the Bolshevik revolution to Berlin where he published the Russian art journal “Zjar Ptitza,” and participated in the publication of the Hebrew and Yiddish journals, “Rymon” and “Miuelgraum.”
Mr. Kogan plans to publish an illustrated monograph, “Palestine in Pictures.” The pictures, paintings, drawings and photographs were executed by the artists L. O. Pasternack, A. J. Feder, S. G. Raskin, Professor Hermann Struck, Mr. Abel Pann, Bernstein, Blum and Zuckermann.
GEORGE BLUMENTHAL RETIRES FROM BUSINESS TO ENGAGE IN PHILANTHROPIC WORK
George Blumenthal, who has been seenior partner of the firm of Lazard. Freres since 1904, retired from the organization at the beginning of the new year. It is understood that he will make his major interest the promotion of the welfare of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Mount Sinai Hospital of whose governing boards he has been a member for many years. He is chairman of the Finance Committee of the Metropolitan Museum. Mr. Blumential has been active in Wall Street banking for forty-three years and has been with Lazard Freres since 1893.
He was one of five men who were managers of a syndicate which, in 1896, pledged $50,000,000 with which to sell foreign exchange in order to avoid further gold exports. The other members of the syndicate were the late J. Pierpont Morgan, Jacob H. Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Walter Luttgen of August Belmont & Co. and Mr. Thieret of L. von Hoffman & Co. The operations of the syndicate stopped the outflow of gold and resulted in the early resumption of gold importations. Mr. Blumenthal is the only living member of the group.
COMMUNICATION TO THE EDITOR
Sir:
The “Jewish Daily Bulletin” faithfully mirrors the daily life of Jews throughout the world and is a dependable source of information on all phases of Jewish problems everywhere. It helps to arouse Jewish consciousness, and makes manifest the essential unity of all Israel. The average Jewish home is more richly Jewish through the habit of reading the “Daily Bulletin.”
Sincerely yours,
RABBI BERNARD REVEL.
The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.
New York, December 24, 1925.
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