The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
EUROPEAN JEWS
 LOOK ID AMERICA
 FOR RAY OF HOPE
Rabbi Heller Makes Fervent Appeal for Palestine Res tOration Fund At Mass
 Meeting Last Night

The Majestic theatre was filled to its capacity last night by an audience who came to attend mass meeting given under the auspices of the Birmingham District, Zionist Organization of Amer ica. It was the first time in the his tory of the Birmingham Zionists to hold mass meeting downtown and 1t was a pronounced success.
 The meeting was called primarily to thank the people who already respond ed to the Palestine restoration fund. To- wards the close of the meeting Isaac Abelson, who presided, announced that anyone in the audience who wished to raise his previous subscription to the fund or who has not been seen yet by a field committee would be given an opportunity to do so at the meeting. There was a liberal response and num- Der of previous subscriptions were raised
 and many new subscriptions of Sl00, S5O and smaller amounts were made.
 Mrs. Joseph Smolian, one of Birming- hams talented readers, gave an excerpt from the well known masterpiece Daniel Derunda. where from the lips of Mor- dechai George Elliot sent a message to the world of the wonderful possibilities in the Jew to do great things for him. self, and the world when given an op- pCIluilty tO lee1Q AlCC uCWioh AiAc SAi
 free Jewish land, in Palestine. Mrs.
 Smoian beautifully portrayed the senti-
 ments of Mordechai whose message was looked as only dream yesterday but is now almost a reality
 Mrs Carolina Greenfield was intro- duced. She just returned from Palestine to assist in the present $10,000,00o Pales- tine restoration fund campaign. She re lated the wonderful accomplishment of II, cfo rfa hx tha Zionist organization in Palestine. Those insti- tutions were living evidence, she said of what the Jew can do and will do when given the full opportunity. The Zionist work already done in Palestine gained full recognition from the world powers and the "''historical Balfour declaration came forth she declared.
 1 She concluded by appealing to the American Jew to do his share in help 1 ing these Jews who are willing to be the pioneers and bring before the world | 8 real progressive Palestine.
 /! Miss Lillian Goldstein entertained the audience with traditional Jewish song
 "Oyinu Malkanu" which aroused the en- thusiasm of the audience and she was compelled to respond to an encore. Hei
 sister, Miss Gussie Goldstein, was ac'
 companist on the piano.
 i Rabbi James Heller was introduced K plause. He began his address with ref erence to the historic exodus Iron Egypt," relating that the exodus tooi place in midnight-at time when ths lhour of the Jewish life in Egypt became dark and cloudy. almost impossible tt see light any more Dawn, however appeared on the horizon and the sun be- gan to shine again. The present tint in the Jewish history seems to be SC cloudy and dark, said the speaker, Una regardless of all promises Of hgnt an' hope for Jewish happiness in Europe even the most optimistic person is faii 1 ing into despair Rabbi Heller related some atrocities committed on the Jew 1 in Poland, Ukraine and other coun vie.
 made free by the blood and sacrifices O. the allied powers. The speaker appealed to the audienc' 1 to bear in mind that regardless Of hov much relief, material relief. we ma. send to the Jews in Eastern Europe, m actual remedy to the Jews there can b brought about until the American Jew do their utmost of providing the Eas tern European Jews with "a ray of req hope" That hope can be accomplished he said, by assisting to prepare tn nome without a people for the peopl | without a free and comfortable home" | Rabbi Heller described the immediat undertakings for the most urgent neces T sities to be done in Palestine with tn s1o. .OOO. O0O He concluded with a state ment of hope that Birmingham citizen will do their share in the most urgen lcause, not only for the Jews, but fo lthe world at large.
 Before adjourning the entire audienc
 rose and sang 'Hatikvoh.' the Zionis hymn. which means hope"