The Denver Jewish news., 1919-05-14
HOW TIE }. w. b. CELEBRATED
PASSOVER IN FRANCE, PANAMA
AND UNITED STATES.

in France aud in the panamu Canal
Zone men in the Khaki and blue OF
American service, st down at Scder
i,asts provided for them by the trw-
ish Welfare Board, and offered up
prayers oa thankfulness for Il new de-
Ii, crance.
Welcome to the stranger and way
iurer, and gratitude for victory over
enemy hosts, We're two features of
Tie traditional service. which were
especially emphasizes! by the Icwish
Welfare Board in all of its arrange
u,ents Soldiers thousands of miles
from lone were made welcome az
delicacies of home were provided for
tnen. and their longing for their low
cd ones. alleviated somewhat by the
blindness Of sympathetic co-rcligiomists.
z he note of victory and dcliverance
which vredominates in the Seder
service, was sounded wherever the
Haggauall was rc;lu.
In France 10000 Jewish soijicrs,
y. r. f. Army OF Occupation obscrv-
cd the Passover Holidays. Twenty
five community Seders We're conducted
by the Jewish Welfare Board under
granted by the G. II O..
rhree-hundred-thous pounds Of
Inatzotlls We're distributed thru til,
lua artermasters Department to all
posts in the \. Il. f., including hos
pitals, cmbarkation .centcrs and base
ports. All transports that left France
between the 9th and 2lsr of April III
elusive, were supplied with matzoths
for the Jewish men aboard, and all
United States naval vessels in Eu-
ropcan waters during that period were
also supplied with matzoths. Jewish
prisoners in Germany from Russia
and other countries Were also provid-
ed with Passover necessities by the
Jewish Welfare Board thru the Red
Cross.
In The Panama Canal Zone Scdcr
services we're held by the Canal Zone
Branch of the Jewish Welfare Board
AT the Hotel Washington, Colon. There
was an attendance Of 80. DR.. Fred
Sciucrs presided and Lyman Corih'
Jewish Welfare worker conducted the
religious ceremony. Among tlse guests
were Dr. Julius D. aDrener, American
4 CuuIiscly and Mrs. Dtcl,cr: NJ Fischer
" ice Counsel : Judge J.. W. Thompson
siri MI. G. o.. Albtrg,f, President oi
the Hebrew Congregation.
In this country every cantecn III
community center of the Jewish Wei
fare Board located in army camps anu
naval bases and in large cities thruou'
the country was used for soldier
and sailor Seder. Hundreds of boys
were provided with home hospitality
with private families thru the Jewish
Welfare Board. While in New York
City. majority of Jewish soldiers
aud sailors wcrs cared for by private
f,.inilies, the Seward Park cantccn oi
The Jewish Welfare Board WIS crowd
cd for both services with 800 men III
uniform, among them members of the
.Atlaniic Fleet which had just dockcd
IL New York.
Tie most unique Seder feast of al
was that arranged by the Detroit
Branch of the Jewish Welfare Board
Tor forty Jewish men returning fro0
overseas en- route from Camp Upton u
tleir homes i'll Chicago. y pullman
dining car was decorated and made
ready for the men on siding ut De
troit, and when the train pulled into
;i.c city the discon 'Olatc Jewish lads
found VI surprise awaiting them. The
diner was annexed, and services
somewhat abbreviated, conducted in
the traditional manner by the rep
resentatives of the Jewish Welfare
Eoard. \ feast was served 10 the
soldier guests.
Two hundred aud scventy-fivc thou
sand pounds of matzoths were dis
tributed by the Jewish Welfare Board
to American soldiers during Passover
week, and more than one half of this
amount went 10 american troops in
France. twenty-five thousand IIas-
sadahs were sent to France for use
at the Seder services conducted IN
Jewish Welfare Board huts.
Even the wounded in debarkation
aud convalescent hospitals were not
forgotten. Tables we're placed in tue
wards of New York hospitals, contain
ing the Seder necessities. and prumi'
neut rabbis read the Sedcr service
INiFt,,n InNish hprnpS