About 400 prominent Jews in Poland, half of them representing the various non-Zionist sections of the population. attended a banquet given here today in connection with the campaign now in progress in Poland on behalf of the Palestine Foundation Fund (Keren Hayesod).
Prof. Rabbi Moses Schor. Chief Rabbi of Warsaw, was toastmaster. Addresses were delivered by Prof. Schor, Senator Trusker and Deputy Wislicki, both representing the non-Zionist Merchants’ Union, and Sholom Asch, the noted Yiddish author. Deputy Gruenbaum, Deputy Rabbi Dr. Thon and other representative of the Polish Zionists also spoke.
Mr. L. Yaffe, who is heading the Keren Hayesod campaign in Poland, as delegate of the Keren Hayesod headquarters, gave a report on the progress of the reconstruction work in Palestine.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
