declared, to include community representation.
“‘The hour calls for vision and for courage to change the old forms for a new one that will be suited to the present crucial position of the Jewish people and to the opportunities in Palestine,” Mr. Rothenberg said.
Addressing a banquet later, Mr. Rothenberg pleaded for greater support for the Jewish National Fund, saying that although the Jews constitute twenty-six per cent of the population of Palestine, they own only six per cent of the land.
“It would be a paradox to have a Jewish homeland without land,” Mr. Rothenberg said.
Mr. Rothenberg was introduced at the banquet by Harold Hirsch, a non-Zionist member of the Jewish Agency. He was later presented by Harry Wengrow with a check for $1,500 toward the Atlanta quota for the Jewish National Fund. Rabbi Harry Epstein was chairman of the banquet, which was given on behalf of the Palestine Land Redemption Campaign.
The address of Mr. Rothenberg deeply stirred Atlanta Jewry, which pledged full support for the Palestine Land Redemption Campaign. Atlanta’s quota in the campaign is $4,000. Simon J. Levin, field director of the Jewish National Fund, was commended at the banquet for his energetic direction of the campaign.
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