(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A delegation of five Palestinian workers arrived in Moscow to participate in the tenth anniversary celebrations of the Soviet regime. The delegates who declare they represent the Palestine workers were disavowed by the Histadruth, the Palestine Jewish labor federation.
$500,000 CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Pointing out that only twenty-nine per cent of the Jewish children of school age in Greater New York are receiving religious instruction, the Jewish Education Association, in a statement issued by Israel Unterberg, its president, calls for a fund of $500,000 to enable it to extend religious education to 10,000 additional Jewish children in the coming year.
The figures given out by Mr. Unterberg place the number of Jewish children of school age in Greater New York at 350,000 and the number receiving a religious education at 100,000. The last figure, Mr. Unterberg stated, would have been 20,000 less, were it not for the efforts of the Jewish Education Association, which pays the tuition of children whose parents are too poor to pay it themselves and distributes prizes to pupils for good scholarship and attendance. The Association also facilitates the construction of school buildings by granting mortgage loans on easy terms.
In his statement Mr. Unterberg says: “The facts with regard to the instruction of Jewish children in the City of New York in the elements of their faith, should give concern to every public-spirited Jewish citizen of the community.”
“It is a challenge to them both as Jews and as Americans. American ideals are based on religious freedom, but the religious spirit is inherent in these ideals. For their practice and realization, these ideals require that the rising generation be thoroughly imbued with the religious spirit, which is the most potent factor in strengthening the moral fiber of the individual and insuring the stability of our institutions. The true religiouss spirit encourages tolerance and promotes goodwill among the different groups that make up our community and our country,” Mr. Unterberg declared.
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