The Carlisle independent., 1919-05-15
NO SfCTARIAN|SM
 IN JEWISH DRIVE
ALL AMERICANS BEHIND JEW ISH RELIEF. IN THE TASK OF RAISING $1s, 900 ooo
 FOR STARVING JEWS.
Jacob Billlkopf, Director American
 Jewish Relief Committed


 the people with an appeal for money to help the boys in the service or to relieve stricken humanity in the war zones. Barriers of race and creed which appeared to exist before the war have been destroyed and the cd & new fusion out of old prejudices and hostilities.
 Who can read the names in the daily casualty list without feeling that the cause. Of America IS indeed the cause of humanity With the re aiization so strikingly thrust upon as that Americans of every belief anI of the most diverse attractions have been fighting shoulder to shoulder in Ae trenches. we who remain at home cannot do otherwise than sup port wholeheartedly causes which may seem on the face of them sec tarian, but which are really hunani- tarian.
 This. at any rate. is the convincing experience of the American Jewish Nslief Committee, which, under the Craftsmanship of Louis Marshall and with the active efforts of the leading Jews Of America, has been engacea sn the task of raising s15.000. 900 in 1918 for the millions of starving Jews tn the war zones
 For this cause s1o.000.60 was rais- ed in 1917, the dramatic feature of that campaign being the contribution of oae-tenth of the national total. or s1.- eo0.osO by Julius Rosenwald of Chi casp. Practically the entire sum ob- tained in 1917. however. was raised Ay Jewish subscriptions As no gen eral appeal was made. contributions by non-Jews were occasional and un- solarMed
 The reason for this is that the tra- ditionaa attitude of the worlds Jewry is strongly against any appeal to people of other creeds II is the deep-seated pride Of the Jewish race that it has always taken care of it's own Though Jews have responded to charitable calls Of all kinds in the 6.0Q0 years of their history-years faa of the bitterest struggle against injustice and perseeution-in all these years the Jews have never be fore come to the general public with request for help.
 That they are doing so now IS symptomatic of the change wrought by the war. II is no longer possible to regard Jewish war relief as a sec tarian charity.
 The relief of innocent sufferers from te war is bound up with our war aims.
 Convinced of the desire of the whole community to contribute to the cause. the American Jewish Relief Committee adopted the policy of a general campaign. From the outset the new plan was a success. The re sponse in every community where q drive has been held has been wonder ful. Not only have non-Jews given liberally to the case of Jewish relief they have taken active part in the work of executive committees, as captains of teams. and as workers The good will which he common ex- perience of the war has created found expression in an enthusiastic co-ope- ration This change is beyond ques ton one of the most significant spiT- itual by-products of he war.
 Illustrations of his new spirit are so numerous that only the mosr out standing instances can receive notice here. Wilmington. Del stands fors- most. for if was in Wilmington tha- the new policy received 5fs original trial. and it was 5he unqualified s'io- cess Of Wilmington that inspired oh CT communities. The fat that tha quota of S75.000 origfRallH assigned eas almost doubled E dae n no small degree to tne efforts of Pierre s. DuPont, whose leadership created a solidarity Of support by he entire citizenship Of the community. AS Senator Salisbury of Delaware said:
 This is not only a Jewish move ment: it is human movement. IL will clotbe where clothing is needed and feed where feeding is necessary: it will 20 wherever the cry of human ity calls it. It is of human beings. for human beings. and by human beings"
 The contagion of this idealistic at titude caught city after city. P.tts- burgh followed Wilmington with drive in which s417.0o0 fslmost twice it's quota) was raised. Throughout the campaign Jews and non-Jews worked with equal ar.ior
 What was true Of Wilmington and of Pittsburgh is now true Of score of other cities. Newark, N. T.. is re- presentatiye. That thriving city ac- cepted with extreme difldence an al letment of s200.000 and raised s2ss.- OOS. Mayor Gfllen's statement at the opening dinner. when he turned over to the committee the entire machin sry of the city" was literally fulfilled Policemen. obviously Irish. appealing to vaudeville and movie audiences