Leaders representing all Jewish organizations in the city met last night under the united bureau of the Syracuse Welfare Fund to plan the drive for the relief of Jews in Nazi Germany as well as those suffering in other foreign countries, and make it possible to settle them in Palestine.
Rabbi Benjamin Friedman of the Temple Society of Concord was elected general chairman of the 1934 Syracuse drive. The campaign will be conducted during the last week in May. Meanwhile the canvassing machine is being set up and the workers are being organized.
The outstanding factor in this drive was the willingness on the part of all the Jewish groups of Syracuse to show a united front.
The campaign primarily, will be to help German Jewry, but will also include the major annual drives in the city, such as Hebrew University, National Committee for Palestine, Agency, Mizrachi Fund for Palestine and relief for Central European countries. It marks one of the most forward steps in the history of the Jewish community in Syracuse.
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