New Britain herald., 1922-01-20
HEREIN HA YESOD
 FUND EXPLAINED
Local Committee Translates Term
 and Explains Need

In reply to several requests regard ing the Keren Ha Yesod for the bene- fit of which the local Zionists are car rying on campaign this month, the New Britain Zionist district has given out the following statement
 'The Keren Ha Yesod, the Hebrew wording Is translated into the English freely by the words Palestine Foun- dation Fund. It was created by the Jahre Conference. the highest Zionist authority next to the Congress, and which was held in London in July, 1920 Later by the Zionist Congress held in Czecho-S -Slavakia the fund was Approved with slight notifications. In c, aer to create in Palestine q Jewish home under the mandatory power of England as decided at the San Reno Conference, large sums of money were needed. In 1919 and 1920 drives were made under the name of the Pales- tine Restoration Fund, and while these were successful, they were not broad enough in their scope and con tro of the funds lay In the hand of those enrolled Zionist members.
 This method excluded from partici- patton in disbursing funds q larNe number of people who donated 10 it. It had also another defect and that lay in the fact that there was no basis in which to base ones allotment These two defects were overcome in the Keren Ha Yesod.
 "1n order to permit control to be with the givers. the fund was sep arated from the World Zionist or ganization funds and was incorporated under the name of Keren Ha Yesod Limited of London, England. Every person donating s25.00 or over actual ly and in fact becomes a stockholdcr in this great national Jewish corpora tion and receives certificate of par ticipation The actual building Of this corporation which is in reality the gathering the funds is the work of the World Zionist organization which is given one-third member ship on the directorate. The other two thirds are elected democratically by the donators The uses and hand ling of the funds are all well provided for in the articles of incorporation and bylaws. In order to obtain some equitable method of collecting the money the old Mosaic method of tithes, in Hebrew called Maaser was used Under the Maascr plan each Jew is supposed to voluntarily tax himself for a period of five yeals one tenth of his income yearly.
 ''In olden times this tax was com pulsory one but today it becomes of necessity a voluntary one and it should be considered by every Jew of this generation a duty and privilege to donate his share to the keren Ha Yesod." The actual work of the Keren Ha Yesod consists of building up in- dustries, banking facilities, schools, buying and developing land, the crea ton of public utilities which shall for all time be the property of the entire Jewish people.
 Hast but not least, it is transport ing and settling in Palestine thousands of Chalutzin (refugees) and orphaned children who daily are wandering over Europe and who are longing for an opportunity to go to Palestine where their miseries may find an end. There they are already starting life anew, there they are already working on the highways and fields, no work is too difficult for them in their own land. ! They have the will and the desire but they lack means-this American Jew ry must and will give"