The Denver Jewish news., 1924-06-12

trrom Our New York Correspondent
New York Speaking before the
greatest Kcren Hnycsod meeting ever
held In New York, with Carnegie Hall
iammcd to the doors and thousands
turned away, Rabbi Abba IIillcl Sill
yer of Cleveland, In his first Keren
IIayosod address In New York. declared
that he has now Identified himself
with tho Keren Hayesod because Of
the conviction which has been borne
upon me not alone that the Kcrcn
] Hnycsod Is vital and necessary
agency in these formative and Crea-
tive years in Palestine but also be
cause believe that the time has now
come when n union of forces working
for Palestine is not only desirable but
| feasible"
Samuel untermyer. president of ne
Rcrcn Haycsod, who ts.esided, review
ed the progress the Keren TIayesod has
made each succeeding year in this
country and laid particular stress up
On the fact that the practical achieve
ments In Palestine have removed all
the doubters and skeptics, who have
been answered mot by counter-argu-
ments, not by mere words, but by deeds
and facts" He condemned that new
and ridiculous fancy, the Nordic super
stition," which Congress has adopted
into brutal law" and which leaves
Palestine as the one place of refuge
left for the eternal wanderer.
Rabbi Silver, who has been one of
the leading personalities in the Pal
estinc Development Council. has taken
m active interest in the campaigns of
the Kercn Hayesod this year. His ad-
dress, regarded ms one of the great
est he has ever delivered, was en-
Enthusiastically received and profound
ly moved the great audience.
The meeting marked the end of the
first phase of the Greater New York
1924 Keren HayesOd Campaign. Eman-
uel Neumann. National Secretary of
the Keren Uayesod, reported that
SG3S,GSi has thus far been raised in
New York's campaign which is far
ahead of the total at the same time
last year. With considerable more
money coming in as a result of the in
spring mass meeting, New York is ex-
pccted to sweep far ahead of its previ-
Gus Krrcn Hayesod total.
In the course of his address, Rabbi
Silver declared:
Palestine was always and still is
the central theme in Jewish life. Some
of the greatest dramas of mankind
were played on the stage of that little
country and it seems destined to con
tinue 10 play a crucial role in this
history of mankind.
AT no time did the Jew need Pal
estine more than he does today. The
unparalleled disOrganization of Jewish
life which resulted from the war has
made it imperative for thousands to
find home where they are welcome.
The war which may have brought free
dom and opportunities to other nations,
brought to the Jews, especially those
living in Eastern Europe, suffering and
pcrsucutiOn and intensified anti-Semi-
tiSm Thousands of our unfortunate
brothers are today crowding the high
ways of travel, knowing not whittier to
turn, America, in reversal of its tradi-
tional policy and quite in violation of
its Informative spirit of liberalism, has
shut its doors unceremoniOusly.
The creative genius Of our people
needs congeninl environment before
it can create those spiritual values
which blessed mankind in the past, and
may again in the future. Israel is not
a people Of the past only. II has not
yet said its last immcmcrial phrase.
II has still many revelations to vouch-
safe to mankind The spirit of the
race, even more than the prosecuted
members of the race, need a haven of
refuge.
Palestine was the home Of prop
hecy, where the exalted ideas of Justice,
democracy and international peace
were first formulated. 1t may again
become an experimental station for
economic, political and social ideals. 1t
is our aim to produce in Palestine.
farmers, not peasants: workers, not
beasts of burden. Palestine, through
the idcalism of the type of men who
are now going there, will make for
a finer type of manhood aud woman
hood. II is significant that one of
the major tasks of the Kercn Hayesod
is TO establish and maintain adequate
educational facilities for everybody and
to assist men to economic competence
and inI.p,p1,pr, rTl,,,