Presidents and chancellors of thirteen colleges and universities deplored the exclusion of Jewish children from the public schools of Germany under a recent decree, in telegrams made public today by Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, co-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee’s campaign for $3,500,000.
Rabbi Wise said the J.D.C. is the only major American organization helping provide educational facilities for the estimated 60,000 Jewish children excluded from Reich schools. The following sent messages:
James R. Angell, Yale; Ray Lyman Wilbur, Stanford; Henry N. MacCrackcn, Vassar; Robert Gordon Sproul, University of California; Frank Aydelotte, Swarthmore; William Allan Neilson, Smith College; Francis P. Gaines, Washington and Lee University; Virginia C. Gildersleeve, Barnard; Mary E. Woolley, Mount Holyoke; Daniel L. Marsh, Boston University; Frederick B. Robinson, College of the City of New York; Murray Bartlett, Hobart College, and John Stewart Bryan, William and Mary College.
Help ensure Jewish news remains accessible to all. Your donation to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency powers the trusted journalism that has connected Jewish communities worldwide for more than 100 years. With your help, JTA can continue to deliver vital news and insights. Donate today.
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.
