The Denver Jewish news., 1924-10-09

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merely repeat the same story that
you have heard hundreds Of times and
that you viii continue hearing for
many years to come"
The speaker wwaS DR.. David Yellin
who has just arrived in New York to
serve as professor of Hebrew and
Arabic at Dr. Stephen s. Wise's jew
ish Institute of Religion during the
next semester.
David Yellin hardly needs an intro
1uction to Jewish readers. One of the
worlds greatest Hebrew and Arabic
scholars, for many, many years ia
nous Zionist leader, he personifies, as
it were, the New Palestine that is
emerging from the ruins of centuries
of misgovernment. For David Yellin
is true and genuine product of Pal
estine. He was born there of ma
tive father. He is actively engaged in
all the cross-currents of the busy life
that is gradually transforming the
country into hourishing homeland.
He has been the Mayor of Jerusalem.
He is now the Vice-Mayor. He is
president of the Vaad Haleumi-the
Jewish National Legislative Council
and head Of the Vaad Hachinuch--
the Jewish Board of Education. He
is interested in every movement for
the development of Palestine and he
commands the respect of all-Jews,
Christians and Arabs.
And yet, to his mind, he brings no
new story from Palestine, his Pal
estine. But when David Yellin, "the
sage of Jerusalem" speaks, the story
becomes new, fresh, forceful-force-
full in that quiet way Of this great
Jewish scholar. way connoting a
rockbound strength, the strength of
Palestine. And in way it is not a
new story, it is the same story of
struggling activities halted and cur
tailed, of hopes deferred, because the
necessary funds are not forthcoming
to translate carefully worked-out
plans into realities.
81 want to make clear from the
start" DIR. Yellin began, that the
Government has no objections to a
large Jewish immigration into Pal
estine, as long as that immigration is
absorbed into the country. We can't
dump large numbers Of Jews into the
country with nothing to do. No one
wants that. The only restriction the
Government places upon immigration
is that the immigrants must be en-
ployed as soon as they arrive. And
that places the problem squarely up
to us Jews.
"There are ten thousand Jewish
refugees in various ports throughout
Europe who can not come to America
because of your immigration laws and
who have but one place to go-Pal-
estine. Their plight is deplorable, but
they must remain where they are un-
til sufficient capital comes into Pal
estine to insure their proper absorp-
ton into the land.
with proper support for the ker-
en- Hayesod and with more private
capital coming in, the acute situation
could be relieved. The Keren Hayesod
is the one agency for the upbuilding
of Palestine-no other organization is
doing what it does that is, providing
the whole structure for the upbuilding
of Palestine from the foundation to
the roof.
"Without the aid of American
Jewry little or nothing would have
been accomplished in Palestine. And
those accomplishments have been mar
vellous. America must continue to
play the perponderant role for anoth-
er five years for it will take at least
that long until European Jewry has
sufficiently recovered to contribute
large sums for the rebuilding Of the
Jewish Homeland.
"a large number of immigrants
with some means are now coming to
Palestine to establish themselves in in
dustries. Their work requires capital
in order to develop; they need long
time loans such as the Keren Hayesod
Mortgage Bank provides and the bank
requires, therefore additional funds in
order that it can tide these industries
over the difficult early days"
DR.. Yellin said that large tracts of
land can be purchased at reasonable
prices to permit of the extel sion OF
the Jewish settlements and that the
price of land has not risen appreciably
vet Here apain. he pointed out, was