Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-08
SET AS
zionist FUND minimum
Jews OF America Launch Big Drive
for Money tn Begin the Rcstora-
: s:ss ton of Palestine.

81 NORFOLFS. Va, March 7-Ten mil
! lion dollars IS tho minimum boing
raised throughout tho United States for
the Palestine restoration fund. With
: this money. for which the appeal is
being made to both Jews and nom
* Jews, Paleetine will De prepared for
q the hundreds OF thousands OF Jews
4 who are eager to start from all parts
e or the world as soon rs the land is
Il opened to mass-immigration. From
ii the pogrom- ridden countries OF East
u ern Europe, particularly In Russia.
s Poland, Galica and Roumania. the
4 mass desire of Jews to go 10 Palestine.
a even before the country is prepared
h 70 receive them, is SO intense as to
4 pending immigration n most difficult
: problem for the Zionist organization.
q I'm, Virginia Quota, s1GO.O0o.
4. Nine thousand Jewish war prisoners
i'm Siberian concentration camps have
Il definitely turned their backs on their
/ former home countries, Germany. Aus
4 tria and Galicia, and are determined
4 to go to Palestine as soon as thew are
I set free.
The Zionist organization Of America.
q in conjunction with the International
& organization, is giving serious thought
d to practical plans for the transporta-
Z ton OF these stanch-hearted war VIC
/. tins to the land of their hearts de-
+ sire and to prepare the land through
Il vaet' construction work to receive them.
S 'Fh6 rebuilding of Palestine as the fu-
X ture Jewish homeland is being under
Il taken through the Palestine restora-
i lion fund of slo,o000oo. and Virginia's
/; quota of this amount is 100000.
y The time set for the campaign In
Il this state in behalf of the above sum
H iss the last two weeks OF this month.
u Irving J. Goddard. of New York. has
( spent the past five or six weeks visit
I Ing the various communities in our
U state organizing local committees who
Il viii direct the work in their respective
q Communities. Mr.. Goldfarb reports to
81 the headquarters that he has been en-
II Enthusiastically received wherever he has
4 gone. and that In almost every town
in virglnia inFse or 3bo small Jews an 10
n this great undertaking, and all are
b anxious to help.
sS Norfolk Is Headquarters.
sb The campaign headquarters for the
rs state is in Norfolk. 7l5 Board Of Trade
II Building. Here corps of busy work
n ers are sending out campaign i!tera-
N ture, pledge cards and subscription
f. cars, listing speakers for the commun-
@iitieS who desire same, and assisting in
81 other work in connection with the
"a drive that is now in progress.
AIr. Benjamin Margolius, Of Norfolk,
b tho president OF the Church Street
iii Bank, is the state treasurer. and his
T bank Is the State depository. Checks
Il can be made payable to him or to tho
~ Palestine restoration fund.
s Some of the cities that have ac-
Gceptcd their quotas are rs follows:
81 Norfolk. 100000; Newport News. $780,
r 600; Portsmouth. 10000; LynehburE.
"a $4,000; Roanoke. $4,000; Danvillc, &c.
81 200; Petersburg, $500; Bristol, ST.
(. 500. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Si,5o0; Suffolk.
f. $1,000; Harrisonburg. s1,275; Char
Is lottesville, $4,000.
Fl The following places have already
~ set the dates for the launching of
|Gtbeh campaigns: Hampton Phoehus,
X March 3; Roanoke, March 3: Bristol.
K March 8: Lynchburg. March z; Ports
Il mouth March ia; Norfolk. March q
fto April 4.
II The following well-known speakers
r. are scheduled for the campaign weeks
in Virginia: Alfred Schreicr. Norfolk !;
Is Rabbi Joseph Sarachek. Roanoke;
L Rabbi L. y. Mendoza. Norfolk: Rabbi
|aN. Kruger. Norfolk; Irving ]. Cold
tarh,. New York; Myer Goldfarb, New
York; Rev. II. Maslianski, New York
fev.E Yudelowitch, New York.