A stirring plea to Jews and Christians of New York to get behind the United Jewish Appeal for the relief of German Jewry and thereby strike a blow at “those iniquitous forces which invoke discrimination and hatred and denial of opportunity” was voiced last night by Governor Herbert H. Lehman at the St. George Hotel, Brooklyn.
The Governor was the principal speaker at a dinner arranged by the United Jewish Appeal, which is seeking to raise $1,200,000 in New York City for the relief and rehabilitation of German Jews and for the settlement of Jews in Palestine, to honor him in his capacity as honorary chairman of the drive.
Borough President Raymond V. Ingersoll welcomed the Governor to Brooklyn and Edward Lazansky, Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division in Brooklyn, presided. More than 1,000 Jewish leaders, representing industry, religion, business, and various professions, attended the dinner. Other speakers included Morris Rothenberg, national co-chairman of the German Jewish relief drive, Aaron W. Levy and Albert D. Schanzer, co-chairmen of the Lehman dinner committee.
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In his address the Governor paid tribute to the part the Jews of Germany had played in building up that country, painted a dramatic word picture of their present tragic position, described the work of the United Jewish Appeal in alleviating it and delivered an
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