Philadelphia Will Raise $1,750,000 for Jewish Charities Federation

The annual maintenance campaign of the Federation of Jewish Charities, the parent body of all organized Jewish philanthropy in this city, will begin on Sunday evening, January 12th.

Justin P. Allman, president of the Federation, will head the campaign committee as chairman. A number of prominent men in the community will act as honorary chairmen. Mr. All-man will also have a group of leaders who will be known as associate chairmen.

Mrs. Isadore Kohn, recognized as one of the outstanding women in Federation activities in this city has agreed to serve as Chairman of the Women’s Division. She will have as associate chairmen, Mrs. Louis Gerstley, Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald, and Mrs. A. I. Rubenstone.

The quota for the coming year has been set at $1,750,000. This sum represents the minimum the Federation will require to meet its obligation to the various constituencies.

In the course of the next week, campaign headquarters will be opened in the central part of the city and the preparations for this great event in the life of the Jewish community will be in full swing. It is expected that before many weeks are over, upwards of one thousand men and women interested in the philanthropic, cultural and religious activities of the Jewish community, will be enlisted among the workers in the forthcoming campaign.

In the past few months a number of new ideas have been developed relative to campaigning for the Federation. These will be applied by the leaders in the forthcoming annual fund-raising effort for the Federation. Already a number of functions are in the process of formation. These have one object in view, to organize and to solidify the community in its endeavor to better discharge its duty towards the sick and the helpless, towards the orphan, the widow and the needy.