The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-03
CONCRETE woRK IN PALESTINE

Tie Zionist Commission Gives a De
tailed Review of What IL Has Dcnc
in Palestine Since 1t Began frnc-
tionins.
Taking advantage of criticisms
which have been leYelled against ii
/ from time to time, the Zionist Ad.
ministratiyc' Commission has issued II
I statement which covers the work u
I las done since it began fitnctioninC
H. 1918 The statement deals with the
! loans made by the commission. the
medical help it hns extended. its re
lief activities. its MD to the orphans.
and religious Institutions. the cstab-
lishment of workshops aud the like.
Touching on the loans it has made
the commission points out without re-
pcating figures already published that
in August last it granted in Jerusalem
alone. l. tE) 1.43ST5 ON good security
and for commercial purposes. Many
Of the loans We're given 10 men of the
Lew Yishuh such aS tcar.ieIs. etc. Tht.
Commission cannot he ,narged VII
having caused deinora,i i-ation by iu-
PRODUCING loans for trading purpose
and by helping men to live ind,-
pendently instead of relying on Areg-
ulur industry. The benefit of the kup
pat Milvah. which viii. now be u
permanent feature and develop in the
interest of the Iishuh. cannot lie
doubted
The Zionist Commission grants sub
ventions monthly to the Eye Hospital
ot f100. a monthly loan of E3o0 to the
Shaare Zedek Hospital; in Jaffa E1Jo
To the Share Zion Hospital to the
Children's Hospital. f100: for eye
treatment in the EiHdergarteiis, f2a
in Petach Tikva. f10; Saffcd Hospital.
1a5O; the fund for sick workmen in
Judea. f24O: and in Galilec. $50:
about fl 500. while there is in addi
tion to f300 granted t. the American
Zionist Medical Unit in Jerusalem and
for sanitary work.
tributes to hundreds of men. women
and children who would otherwise
starve is surely of NATIONAL import
tnce. The commission is further
obliged to help the widows and or
plans of those who fell in battle Or
were taken prisoners. while many
youths would have been helpless but
for the help of the Zionist Comm.s-
sion. which enabled them to continue
their studies or learn some craft.
THAT the Zionist Commissions wnr'i
among the orphans has been of great
value must he admitted by all. The
most hardened critic will admit the
desil.ibility of supporting the mohe
nmined destitute and without any as
aistancc. for they. too. are an iln'
portant section of the new Iishub. no
one who has the future Of these Or
phans Mt heart will fail to recognize
that the Zionist Commission could not
have left them to roam about the
streets and live By begging" Gays tfc
Statement.
The Zionist Commission feels it cHr-
rot ignore the Talmud Torah. tNr
ycshivot Talm'de Chaclamim. tic
Baynnim and Iiahhonim. The Cou'-
mission hands over TO the respective
institutions the funds sent for them
by the Joint Distribution Committee
Of America. The Commission carries
out the wishes of the donors. and has
no right to do otherwise. The I'on' t
Commission succeeded in uniting tre
Ashlicnazi and Serhnrdi Rnfhis IN GO
institution, the Misrad Hn-RahhanTt
II Introduced reforms and hyGienic
improvements in the Talmud Torall.
The Commission is criticised hecauf"
it has not been extreme in its tres +
,nent of the religious institutions: hrt
on the contrary. it is to the credit of