The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-03-12
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GROWTH OF HEBREW SHELTER
ING AND IMMIGRANT AID
SOCIETY.
Sending Commission Abroad to Re-
unite Families-Prepared to Meet
Increasing immigration.

SIdHto AldhC CNCuIudiiy SoOu <AhiCh
leans, is needed than the existence Of
the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
Aid Society, founded by immigrant
Jews to help later corners to find their
bearings amidst the strange environ
ment and to do its utmost to make
the alien feel at home in his new sur
roundings.
Originally organized as sheltering
society for new immigrants, some thir-
ty years ago, the Society, after having
amalgamated, eleven years ago, with
the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society,
has grown from handful of members
to a membership Of over one hundred
thousand, thus becoming the largest
Jewish philanthropic organization in
the world, with budget reaching al
most the 100000 dollar mark. Be-
sides, the Society has become interna-
tional, for, in addition to its head office
in New York and its six branch Of
fees in the U. s., it has also assumed
responsibility, since the war started,
for the welfare of Jewish war refu-
gees stranded in Siberia, Japan and
China. Homes for immigrants have
been opened in Yokohama, Hardin and
Vladivostok, and relief work has been
extended to Irkutsk, Tomsk and Omsk.
The Society will shortly send
Commission abroad for the purpose Of
bringing about the reunion of the
wives and children and the parents Of
Jewish residents and citizens Of Amer
lea who have become separated from
their families during the war.
These, in brief, are the facts regard.
ing the activities Of the Hebrew Shell
tering and Immigrant Aid Society of
America, as stated to representative
Of The Jewish Tribune by Mr.. Jacob
R. Fain, general manager, at the
headquarters of the Society, 229 East
Broadway, New York City.
A Few Facts and Figures.
The statistics compiled by the Of
ficers Of the organization show that
since the amalgamation Of the old He
brew Sheltering House and the He
brew Immigrant Aid Society, its Ellis
Island Bureau interceded in 28,884
cases Of Jewish immigrants held for
special inquiry and succeeded in secur-
ing the admission of 22,760 on re-
hearings and appeals made to the De-
partment Of Labor at Washington.
The Distribution Department sent 3d.
023 immigrants to their respective
destinations; 32,O22 persons were
sheltered in the Home, while the En-
ployment Bureau Of the Society found
positions for 81 Jas applicants, and the
Bureau Of Education assisted 64,29s
immigrants to secure their naturaliza'
tion papers and conducted 525 classes
and lectures on Americanization. Dur
ing the same interval of time the Blu.
reau Of Information gave advice to al.
most three quarters Of a million peo.
pie. Finally, the Bureau Of Foreign
Relations was Of service to 6S,S16 per
sons in facilitating communication
with relatives.
Instilling True Americanism.
II would take too long to enumerat,
all the many-sided activities Of tn,
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Ak
Society Of America; suffice II to men
ton that It fights for liberal and fail
immigration laws, provides immi
grants and wayfarers with temporar.
shelter, food and clothing; prevents
them from becoming public charges
by finding work for them through ii