The New York herald., 1922-03-06
WISE SCORES JEWS
FOR FUND FAILURE
Only Half Of So, 900, 600 Quota
Raised-Rabbi Blames New
York Selfishness.

With only half OF New YorlS's quota
of S5.o00.0Oo reached in the national
campaign for Jewish war sufferers and
the original time of two weeks at al
end Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, in his
sermon yesterday al the Free Syna-
~goeue. came to the support Of jacob
NJ. Loeb of Chicago in his arrangement
Of the Jews of New York. When the
campaign was launched here. ar. Loeb
challenged the Jews OF this city TO make
good their failures in previous relief
campaigns. denouncing them as selfish
~ inten. on their own pleasure and
deaf to the needs of the stricken men,
bers OF their race i'm Eastern Europe
Rabbi Wise supported Mr.. Loeb as
having told the truth, adding that 'mucn
more could have been told than he told
He also replied to those who have at
tackled Mr.. Loeb for his criticism. and
rebul.ed them for their resentment.
Il would rather" he said. leave the
ministry to-day than feel under the
necessity of pleasing Jews by defend
ing them when they are indefensible
by excusing them when sins OF COM
mission or omission are inexcusable.
Perhaps the gravest thing about II
all is that the present failure is not an
isolated case. as Mr.. Loeb pointed out
1t is a eliminating and discrowning fall
ure. and still worse, il is a symptom OF
state OF affairs that obtains in the
Jewish life Of New York.
Rabbi Use said one OF the worst
things about the situation was the atti-
tude OF those well to do Jews who have
not responded because they are un-
friendly to Jewish immigrants from
eastern Europe.
"The little Jewish orphans and refu-
gees he said, "are being penalized be-
cause their cousins and kinsmen In
America demand the closed shop. Let
the Jews of New York remember that
the children OF east European lands
have been orphaned because they are
Jewish. not because they are Polish or
Russian or Ukrainian.
1T is true that some Jews cannot give
decently or at all. because they have
nothing left after using UP everything
for themselves. their needs their tastes,
their appetites, their luxuries. They are
poor because they mortgage income and
resources in order to feed and :iothe
and aniuse themselves. They eat too
much and dress too well and so to the
theater too often, and yet seem TO be
insensible to the cry OF need.
Even success now were failure. The
effort has been too great. A quiet and
orderly campaign should have seen ef-
fective. and it should have been pos
sibie TO dispense with all the fireworks"
The Jewish women of the city will try
to raise s150.000 more than was pledged
By the women's division OF the. New
York committee. it was announced at
campaign headquarters yesterday. When
the drive was started Mrs. Henry Mos
cowitz chairman Of the womens divi-
sion. gave pledge that the 5000 vol
unteer workers would raise 100000.
When their returns were tabulated yes
terday the total was found to exceed
100000. The division expects to raise
as much more within the week.
DR.. Louis J Radin announced that
the physicians committee had raised
sS5 900. or nearly half as much again
as its quota. There is rally Of team
captains tonight at the Hotel Pennsyi-
vania.