Encouraging reports are being received of donations to the Herzberg Memorial Fund, which has been established by directors of the Philadelphia Jewish Welfare Society in honor of its former president, Max Herzberg, who died recently.
Mr. Herzberg, who was 63 years of age, was well known as a welfare worker both in Philadelphia and the country at large. As early as 1883, he was president of the Associate Branch of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association and was one of the organizers of the United Hebrew Charities. In 1885, he had charge of the distribution of the Baron de Hirsch Fund. For 25 years, he was president of the Jewish Welfare Society, resigning in 1921. During his long years of service, he was an almost daily visitor at the offices of the Society, until his recent illness, and contributed more largely than any other one person to the development and success of its work.
In recognition of his service, the Jewish Welfare Society decided to set aside the legacy of $5.000, given to the Society in Mr. Herzberg’s will, as the ### for this Fund.
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