The Denver Jewish news., 1924-06-05
DEDICATION CEREMONIES
OF Y. NJ. x \. W. II. A. AT
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

D
oud mortgage bond. uf Newark y. NJ
/ q y W. II. 4, was cancelled nt the
/ banquet On Monday evening MAY lg
that wis the SECOND big feature" of
I the wrcElUus dyiicst.sH ,rrrmonies.
The dinner was planned as q tribute
80 \. ]. Umond, president Of the as
'ucntiun, 10 whose daring aud determ.
luntion ARE due Newark possession of
the finest Jewish community center In
the United state. Originally. n
>25O010 building was contemplated
A. the vision unfoldrd Il was decided
that such building would br innde-
qunie before Il opened its doors \
hnlf-mlllion dollar caupuign was pnt
ON. Then Mr. Dimond made mn his
mind that even that sum would not
suffice for the Kind of building which
he felt Newark needed. lie opposed
setting the ~ building In the Ghetto
He viSunllzed an cdiiicc in the hest
section Of the city. which would not
be- merely anothcr1" settlement" hut a
communal clubhouse which would he
the meeting ground of an elements.
Above all. building where tie chill
drcn of the wealthy would come into
contact with the idcaliSm aud sacrifice
of the 'mdcrprivilcged" aud thus
learn To lead less selfish, more use
rul lives"
Thus, the dinner drew large gath.
"ring of men and womcn who knew
Dimond'S attitude md achievement.
and the dramatic climax. Il was an-
ticipatcd. would he the presentation TO
him of n beautiful portrait of himself.
But though this was dramatic cpi.
sodc, IT was so moving that Mr.. D-
mond. Il captain of industry" and
SchOoled sternly ia Disguise his
thoughts, had hard struggle 10 re-
strain his emotions. and was unable to
conclude his response 10 the gracious
words with which Felix Fuld made
tho presentation, and the cheers Of the
nsscmblHge.
Apparently the meeting was draw.
ing 10 an end when Michael Hollandcr.
who is leading the campaign to raise
Sl.500U00 for Newark's Beth Israel
Hospital, snrang TO his feet, and in n
short. moving address stated that ms
n token of their esteem. he and his
brother Albert Hollander. wished 10
cancel $4,000 worth of bonds held hy
them
Hardly had the audience realized
what had happened before Felix Fuld.
who has just given a quarter Of n
million TO the hospital campaign.
shouted: Il can't let Mike Hoilander
get ahead Of me" and cancelled S2J,-
600 worth. In n minute LOuis Bam-
berger was on his feet announcing that
he, too. would cancel bonds held by
him in the same amount. by this
time the auditorium was in an up
roar. Man after man sprang 10 his
feet 10 cancel bends. Men who had
not purchased bonds originally bought
them in thousand dollar lots in order
Immediately to cancel them. $4,000
worth We're cancelled within ten min
utcS. But this did not end the orgy
of giving. Contributions for cquippng
. III, a..
and girls unable 10 pay, for vacations
at the "Y's' summer camp, for kinder
gartcn work followed in rapid order
without inspiration" without Solici-
tation. The sum total of this OutburSt
Of generosity exceeded 10000 before
it exhausted itself,
The banquet as a formal function,
was the largest ever held in Newark,
and its program included addresses by
Felix NJ Warhurg and Xecutive hi
rector Harry l.. Glucksman of the
Jewish Welfare Board This was Mr.
Warnings first public address since
his return from tour of the Mediter-
runcan countries which included Pal
estinc.
The youth of Palestine was his text;
their energy, their Self-sacritce their
devotion to an ideal. and from this
text he, argued that the future of
Judaism and its good name was safe
in the custody of srlf-revering Jewish
youth the world over.
Il had been afraid to go to Pal
cstinc," Mr., Warhurg said. Il had
heard 50 many tales of misery. eX
pected to find the Institutions in dire
need was agrccably surprised TO
find such an extraordinarily fine set of
Jews there. But the one thing above
all others that is inspiring there. is
the spirit of the young people Of Pal
cStinc. The youth Of the Jewish com
mInticS therc-us the youth of the
youth If the Jewish communities every
w'hcrc-i> our best possession. The
young people Of Palestine want no
charity. They want you to tell them