Over 2,000 synagogues in every part of the country affiliated with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the United Synagogues of America and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, are being called upon to make the plight of German Jewry their first thought during the coming Holy Days, Felix M. Warburg, chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, declared yesterday.
An appeal to the officers and spiritual leaders of these congregations, endorsed by Ludwig Vogelstein, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, with which the Reform Jewish congregations of this country are affiliated; by Louis J. Moss, president of the United Synagogues of America, comprising the conservative congregations, and William Weiss, president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, has been made by Mr. Warburg.
In his plea to American Jewry to make the advent of the New Year “less black and dreary for our fellow-Jews in Germany,” Mr. Warburg detailed what has been accomplished with the approximately $1,660,000 thus far raised by the United Jewish Appeal.
“Thousands of Jews have been helped to retrain for new vocations; their elementary relief needs have to be furnished; their fundamental cultural and educational institutions have been maintained; orderly immigration to other countries has been facilitated,” Mr. Warburg stated.
“Systematic provision for the thousands of refugees outside Germany has also been made possible through funds furnished by the United Jewish Appeal. To Palestine have come thousands of refugees outside of Germany was made possible through funds furnished by the United Jewish Appeal. To Palestine have come thousands of German Jews, finding new opportunities for a free and morally healthful life,” he added, and pointed out that as the principal instrument of American Jewry to cope with the problems arising out of the German Jewish situation, “the United Jewish Appeal needs the maximum co-operation if its purposes are to be adequately fulfilled.
MANY GROUPS WILL HOLD NEW YEAR’S SERVICES
Many Jewish centers, Y. M. H. A.’s, and Y. W. H. A.’s affiliated with the National Jewish Welfare Board will conduct religious services on the approaching High Holy Days, beginning with the eve of New Year (Rosh Hashonah), Sunday evening, September 9, and continuing to Wednesday, September 19, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).
Among the centers in New York City which will conduct services are: Y. M. H. A., 92nd street and Lexington avenue; Y. W. H. A., 31 West 110th street; Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. of Washington Heights, Fort Washington avenue and 178th street; Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. of the Bronx, 1511 Fulton avenue; Hebrew Educational Society, Hopkinson and Sutter avenues, Brooklyn; Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. of Borough Park, 4910 Fourteenth avenue, Brooklyn, and the Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, 7802 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn.
Religious services for Jewish soldiers and sailors, in the vicinity of New York, under the auspices of the Jewish Welfare Board, will be held during the High Holy Days at 51 West 113th street, New York City. Similar arrangements have been made for men of the Jewish faith in camps and hospitals in the United States and outlying possessions.
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