The Denver Jewish news., 1924-05-22

this year milk kitchen with milk dis
trbiution for babies in Jerusalem was
established by Mrs. Harry Solomon in
cooperation with the Infant Welfare
Stations of Hadassah. Hadassah
furnishing dairy inspection, physician
assistant nurses, etc. In the spring oil
1922 was established what might be
called donkey milk express. 1t would
have been n severe hardship for moth
ers daily to come through heat ana
rain from the new city 10 the old city
to fetch milk prescribed for their
babies. a donkey driver was hired
and cases built to hold milk bottles
packed in ice which were adjusted to
the donkey's back.
In the same year. 1922, HIadassah dis
tributed 10000 milk bottle bags to raise
funds for the Jerusalem milk supply.
Later in 1922 HadasSah co-operated
with Dr. Maurice Harris TO organize
the Jewish children in America to raise
funds for school luncheons for chill
dren IN Palestine.
In 1923 Hadassah had in America
167 chapters with over 1000 members
65 Junior units, 800 sewing circles
whose members sew, knit and gather
the clothing for $500 orphans Except
shoes and suits for the older boys) edu-
cational groups to study Jewish his
to, !, IN
national holiday programs. Special
mention should be made of the MIX
Station Fund Department which con
tnues to distribute milk bottle bags
and is raising $4,000 for infant well
fare work In Palestine a matter in
which Mr.. Nathan StrauS has so sig
nally shown his interest, contributing
the initial $4,000, his telegram (of
August 3, 1929 to the Zionist Con
gress stating it was ITO be used eS-
clusively for existing Hadassah wei
fare stations, for mothers and chill
dren in Palestine, and concluding with
future of Holy Land lies in the
cradle"
The greatest hope is that American
care has meant in the United States
wherever it has been introduced will
realize that fo1 Palestine. Infant care
means strong healthy building of the
homeland. No more will the young
children and the sucilings swoon in
the broad places of the city Ameri-
can Jewish women will give Hadassah,
the Women's Zionist Organization. their
effective ana substantial cooperation.
Therefore the chapters of Hadassah
are urged to bring this undertaking
to the notice of their sister Jewish
women's organizations in their towns
and cities.
'Hadassah is perhaps one of the
most potent factors which contributes
towards the establishment of mutual
ly friendly relations between the vari-
cus sections of the Palestinian com
munity, between the Jewish and nom
Jewish section, particularly between
the Jews and the Arabs" He also
said: Il think that the activities of
Hadas ssah are particularly appropriate
for that purpose. and by healing the
sick, by showing no discrimination as
to what creed or race the sick belong,
this organization achieves a thing
which is more important and can do
more good than any amount of propa-
ganda or platomic declarations ON our
part or any ones else part. Thus hos
pital or II sickroom is an exceptional
ly good political agent. 1t smooihcs
over relations between contcnding fac
tions better than the most powerful
political document.
I'VE feel that the time has come
when the great burden which is being
carried by the Zionist Organization
and by the various sister organizations
belonging to it should be shared by the
Jews at large"
Since when one begins work they
say to him continue and finish,' the
Hadassah Medical Organization realizes
medical needs of Palestine. The lead
ers look forward to the time when.
with its present membership doubled
and treblcd, IadaSSah will he in posi-
tion to assume the whole financial re
sponsibility for medical work in Pal
estine.-Jewish Exponent.
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