The Denver Jewish news., 1924-04-24
Nathan Strdus Enthusiastic Ouer
Reconstruction Activities
a Have Seen the New Jerusalem EXclams Nathan
Straus Return From Palestine Foundations of
the Homeland Are Being Well Laid. Praises Work
of Keren HayesOd.


New Elatcd ever all that he
had seen in Palestine. his health i'm
proved after several weeks sojourn in
The Jewish Homeland. Nathan SlraJls
has returned to America. eNubcrant
with enthusiasm for the work of recon
siruciion that is soing on in The Holy
Land
Il have firm conviction that Pal
csiine is To he the Jewish land. with Il
happier Jewish people more devo.cd
eel to see with my cwM eyes," he said
upon landing from the .Adriaiic in New
York City. sir Straus had only words
Of praise for the kcren Haycsod. which
which the Jews can do their duty 10
Palestine The grand Old man Of
American .Iewry is determined that the
wealthy Jews in this country shall do
| their nart in The rehabilitation of the
country. Il shall make il my business
to tell the rich Jews in America that
they have not begun to do what they
should for their Holy Land he said.
Mr.. Strlus issued a statement of
which the complete text is as follows:
Mrs. Siraus and | return from ou.
yisi, to Palestine with hearts elated and
| refreshed.
My physicians tried TO persuade me
not to 20. but luckily got out of their
i
now since | have been the Holy Land
again. When l left America. l said
that my heart was in Palestine, and
now after having seen what had been
done hy our people, ! repeat not on'"
is my heart in Palestine. and there it
shnii ever he. but I have n firm CON
viction that Palestine is to he the jew
( isll lnnd. with n happier Jewish peo-
pie more devoted and sclf-sacrificing
than ever | expected TO see with my
/ own eyes The founda ions OF the lew
iSh Iio.neland arr. being well laid.
! Il have seen the new Jerusalem. The
! old City remains undiSturbcd. except
! for the work of the tive institutions
headed respectively 10y Bi>hop Manning
of New York and SIR Ronald Siorrs-
Governor of the Jcrusalcm district.
/ Both these Institutions make necessary
rcpairS and aim nj retaining those fine
touches of antiquity. and original sane
/ tity. which will ever make Jerusalem
the centre of attraction for the foilCw-
erS of the three great religions Of the
world
"Outsidr the Walls there Is hustle and
activity which indicates an optimistic
people with faith in themselves and in
the land One feels that Jerusalem is
on the way of becoming a city OF which
no modern Jew or Christian need be
ashamed
/ Praise must he given to Hada asslh.
the Womcn's Zionist Organization,
which has dcnc marvellous work. 1t is
proven indispensable for the life of the
whole of Palestine Under its auspices
the sanitary conditions have greatly
| improved for the benefit of all its in
hahitan,s. Hospitals, Clinics and DIS
pensarics have been established, and
everything is being done for prevention
and cure of disease. What | have per-
sonally been able to do in inaugurating
and contributing towards this work Is
giving me great satisfaction Part of
it are the more recen ly undertaken
Child's Welfare stations. which helped
to establish, and where my method of
! AIilk Pus.euriZation is followed.
A Tribute to Miss Sold
The station in purely Arab dis
trict where an Arab Doctor WORKS hand
in hand with Hadlssah trained Jew
ish nurse is only one example Of the
non sec arian character of all this
health work. 1t would have been i'm
possible without the leadership and un-
firing devotion and able services OF
Henrietta Szold She has overcome
stupendouS obstacles and has brought
the work to its present hopeful oondi-
/ tiOn.
"On the outskirts Of Jerusalem on
Mt Scopus. the Hebrew University will
soon he established This great insti-
tuition, which is to bring credit TO the
Jews of the whole world, should begin
its activi les which will make it the
intellectual centre of Jewish life.
II may speak with special pride of
the work of the Jewish colonists. They
are fine lot of people They have re-
deemed thousands Of acres of unusued
land. They have made possible Jew
ish agricultural life. | have seen with