The Denver Jewish news., 1924-09-04
ORT CAMPAIGN TO BE d.
RECTED BY HENRY H.
ROSENFELT.

An announcement was made at the
headquarters of the Ort AT 1903 Park
avenue, by Dr. Henry Moskowitz, chair
man of the executive committee. today,
/ that Henry II. Rosenfelt. former Ma
tional Director If the American Jewish
Relief committee. has been selected to
take charge of the Ort Reconstruction
Fund appeal which is TO begin in Sep
tember
For eight years Mr. Rosenfelt super
vised the activities of the American
| Jewish Relief committee, first in con-
junction with Jacob Billikopf and later
alone. His story of how the American
Jewish Relief committee, in co-opera-
tion with the Central and Peoples Re
lief committees, raised the unprecedent-
ed sum of s63,OOO,O0O for the Jewish
war sufferers is soon to appear in a
book written by Mr. Rosenfelt entitled
This Thing ,qf, Giving" This book has
lrcceived the endorsements of President
Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Julius Rosen-
wald. John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., Chain
weizman. and many other leaders in
public life
When Jacob Billikopf began TO or
ganizc the campaign of 1917, toward
which Julius Roscnwald contributed
81 600 900, he called upon Mr.. Rosenfelt
to help him in the supervision. In the
resignation of Mr. Billikopf to become
La member of the Jewish European
Commission, Mr.. ROsenfClt remained as
National Director of the organization.
He also had charge of the Jewish di-
vision of the European Relief Council
conducted by Herbert Hoover in 1919,
which raised $33,OOO,O0O for the starv-
ing children in Russia, and served with
David 4. Brown in the last $4,000, 600
appeal.
As Director of the Ort Reconstruction
Fund appeal. Mr. Roscnfelt will have
charge of the raising of minimum Of
~ s'tisNVi VI Nlll'u Alll'ulAA AlilNt Nlitli-
tcrs will be used to help the destitute
Jews in Eastern Europe to purchase
tools, implements of trade and farm
ing materials 50 that they may become
sclf-sustainins. Recent cablegrams
from Poland, Russia and elsewhere
state that thousands Of Jews are on
the verge of starvation, although mil
lions of acres of fertile land are avail
able, If only farming implements can
he obtained. Leading Jews in America
agree that the salvation of European
Jewry is the development Of a back-to-
the-sOi movement which will remove
the Jews as middlemen and traders
and make them self-supporting farm
ers and producers. With this end in
view, the Ort, which was created in
1880. will use its well established or.
ganization to provide the materials nee
pssary. and at the same time establish
trade schools and work shops to cdu
cate and train the orphan children. The
work Of the Ort will be carried on in
Russia. Poland. Lithuania, Latvia, BeS
sarahia and Old Roumania. The com
mittcc now has auNiliaries and dis
ributlng branches in Paris, London
Manchester, Dan2ig Leipzig, Reval
Dorpet HelsngforS and other EuropeW
=, lcities, while in the United States tht
Ort has established itself under tn,
Leadership of Adolph Lcwisohn. Juliui
= Rosenwald, Jewish l.. Strauss and 9th
cr representative Jewish citizens Tn,
= Ort has already distributed 1880 agri
cultural machines, G05 horses and 1o'
'cows in one section of Poland. In ad
.ditiOn. It has established number o
| farmers and truck gardeners aud aide,
in the settlement Of over 5000 ncy
families on land Agricultural educa
, tion has been provided in number o
=, ccntcrs to more than 10000 children
l This work was made possible partly b.
the funds allotted to it by the Join