The Denver Jewish news., 1920-03-17
Special Weekly Letter
from New York
NEW FORM OF RENT.PROFITEER.
ING. A WEEK OF JEWISH
OIK-MlISIC. PREPARATIONS
FOR A RELIEF DRIVE THE
$25,OOO FUND FOR THE JEWISH
CONGRESS.
Copyright. 1920. by I. !. p. b


appeared on the East Side of New
York. not in dwellings this time, but
in store.rcnts. Jewish store-keepers
who kept up their places OF business
for years in the same stores, and paid
their rent promptly, month after
month. have suddenly begun to receive
notices that their rent would be rails
cd. in some cases, as high as one hun
dred per cent; and if they do not care
TO pay the increased rent they must
vncate.
If rent-profiteering in dwellings fell
as heavy burden on many Jewish
families, the profitcering in store
rents is crying shame. n misfortune.
of hundreds of Jewish store keepers.
In the case of the dwelling it is pos
sible to find way out by moving into
II further removed section, one not SO
densely populated. and therefore
! cheaper; in the case of the store, how
ever. where II man has built up n
| trade thru long years of patient toll.
the matter Is an entirely different
| one. One cannot move ones patrons.
! and moving into another store means
TO undo the work of years, and 10
start afresh. and build up n new trade
The bitter injustice of the matter Is
that this is not a case where the
profiteers might plead the scarcity Of
stores as their excuse. for prohibition
lIus emptied hundreds of them. 1t is
plainly II case of flaying the defense
less store-keeper, just as up to now
they have flayed the dcfenselcss tenant.
We hear that Jewish store-keepcrs
are organizing Il committee to wait on
the Mayor The committee will present
II petition protesting against this new
injustice.
This week may be called Jewish Folk
Music Week in New York. The wilma
Chief Cantor. Morlccai Hirschman.
under the management Of Leo Lcow.
gave his second concert of religious
and fOlk-music. He attracted thou
sands of people to the theatre on II
mid-week afternoon. Now we have II
new musician, from London, II. NJ. j..
Posner, formerly director in Roths-
child's synagOg who will appear in
concert ut Carnegie Hall in special
program of Jewish fOlk-sOngs. This
bids fair to exceed the concert given
by Mr.. Hirschman in popularity. since
the former gave religious numbers as
well. whereas Mr.. Posner will devote
himself exclusively to folk-music. He
will sing matter of thirty or more
songs ut this first concert.
Our community leaders received II
gOOdly portion of censure from MI.
Louis Marshall when they came to
Lis home last Sunday for relief
work consultation.
He clearly brought before then the
fact that New York has not done its
share Of the relief work, and that it
is much behind the province cities.
New York has not fulfilled her 1919
Ohligat ions as yet. and in che treasury
of the Joint Distribution committee
there is just enough money left to car
~ on the relief work in Europe for a
few months more. The Relief Cam
paign should have started much ear
lier, but not to injure the Zionis;
Restoration Fund Campaign, was post
poned. Now the time has arrived when
there must be no further delay. The
Ia ~ ,;.,l,
making arrangements for new drive
Of which the meeting in the house of
Mr.. Marshall was the initial "rehcars-
al"
The appeal of the Jewish Congress
for fund of $4,000 to defray its OK
penses here and abroad is being given
enthusiastic support in the Jcwis.,
press of New York. However. we are
far from having reached the sum OF
S255,000. AS yet the contributions
have been in dollar bills from the
masses. Very few hundred or thou
sand dollar bills have come in.
The Jewish Congress deserves the
support of every Jew who can afford
| TO give. BY its energetic stand it
succeeded in putting a stop TO the
pogroms in Ukrainia and 20 the afro
cities in Austria. The Jewish press,
Of the country should start Jewish
| Congress Fund and raise as much
money as possible. This fund will
not only support the urgent needs of
the Congress but will also be the best
public demonstration that it has the