Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-10
JEWISH RELIEF
CAMPAIGN WILL
BE CARRIED ON
New York Rabbi Reminds
Auditors How Fortunate
They Are.
TELLS OF STARVING

Efforts to raise Indiana's quota of
$500 600 for the relief of Jews In Europe
continued today following the opening of
a weeks drive yesterday. Louis J. Bor-
instein, director of the Indiana cam
paign, announced on the first day Of the
drive 100000 was raised among people
of Jewish ancestry in Indianapolis.
The condition Of the race in Europe
was described at a mass meeting in Tom
Iinson Hall last night by Rabbi Nathan
Krass of New York. Following the talk
calls were made for subscriptions and
teams of Boy Scouts were kept busy
running to the stage with subscriptions.
'sYou should thank God that your par
ents left Europe to come to this prom
ised land, for it is only luck that it is
not you but those people over yonder
who are holding out their hands and
asking for help" Rabbi Krass told his
audience.
BRINGS GREETINGS
OF UNFORTUNATES.
He said he brought the greetings of
their starving brothers in Europe and
pointed out that the Jews in America
have plenty while those in Europe have
absolutely nothing.
ST thought / had seen the acme Of hor-
ror in FRANCE, but what I saw there was
a Garden kf Eden to what I saw in
Ga1icia ana Austria, which was hell,
worse than Dante in his Inferno pic
tured for posterity. You mothers In In
dianapoIis what are you going to do for
these thousands and thousands Of home
less starving orphans? I have seen them
eating decayed flesh and nibbling the
NAshss in order to live. The mOrguas are
lily filed with corpses as typhus and
sFholera take tolls from our kinfolk. They
Tare living in holes in old walls and in
holes in the ground. The insane asylums
are filed with victims Of the war In
Warsaw l saw girls 16 and IS years old
raving maniacs, made so by the terrors
of war.
LACKS POWER OF
DESCRIPTION.
i have not the power to tell you, ex-
cept meagerly, what I saw in Europe;
/ can only scratch the surface Of the
story. They are calling to you, those
Jews, your own flesh and blood. They
are blessed by that wonderful Jewish
blood. That superb vitality is the only
thing that keeps them alive at ALL
Il do not know how those that live
are able to stand up under the stress.
We must help them. The Jews Of this
country have always responded. The
Jews Of Indiana are responsible for their
brothers physical and spiritual vel
fare"
Rabbi Morris NJ Feuerlicht Of the IN
dianapolis Hebrew Congregation; Rabbi
Rabinowitz Of the Union Hebrew Congre-
cation, and RaLbi. Sol J. Levin also ad-
dressed the meeting.
Rabbi Krass and James II. Becker, who
accompanied him in Europe, attended a
banquet held last night at the Indianap-
oils Club, a Jewish organization.
ADDRESSES
JEWISH WOMEN.
Mr.. Becker spoke at a luncheon given
by Jewish women at the Claypool Hotel
at noon yesterday. He gave four reasons
why the Jews of Europe need special help
I'm the first place." he said, the war
was fought over territory in which the
great masses of the Jews in eastern and
central Europe reside, and as q result
most OF their houses are destroyed.
Secondly, it is necessary because OF
the unfair treatment accorded the Jews
in those sections Of the world and the
many restrictions imposed upon them
due to the anti-Semitism OF the various
governments.
Thirdly, special help is essential be-
cause the Jews, due to force Of circum-
stances, are almost Invariably city dwell
lers; and it is a well known fact that In
these days 1t is the urban population
who are suffering chiefly.
And, fourthIy, the Jews being city
jewellers, means they are dependent for
their existence upon engaging in various
trades and commerce. For several years
now trade has been almost dormant in
eastern Europe, and, therefore, the eco
nomic position Of the Jews has been af-
fected greatly"