Evening star., 1925-11-22
HADASSAH TO HOLD
THANKSGIVING BALL
To Aid in Raising $4,000
Quota for Work of Organi-
zation in Palestine.

Pledged to hein .aise the sanitary
and hygieniC standards of the Holy
Land to the best medical standards
of this country and erect nov hos
pitai buildings in Palestine. the
Washington Chapter Of HadaSSah. the
Women'S Zionist organization, Will
hold a ball in the Hall of Nations OF
the Washington Hotel on Thanks
giving night, which promises To- be
one Of the outstanding social events
of the week.
The bah will be the seventh held by
the local HadaSsah chapter and is
one of the many activities Planned to
make up the $4,000 quota allotted tie
National Capital toward making UP
national Jewish homeland An
augmented orchestra of Meyer Davis
music has been engaged.
Committees Prepared
Mrs. Isadore Kahn. president of the
Washington HadaSsah Chapter, last
night received reports ON the fol
lowing HadaSSah members that every
detail necessary To make the ball a
success has been taken care rf: Mrs.
William Rosendorf, chairman of the
ball; Mrs. John NJ. Safer. chairman
Of the committee on tickets; Mrs. NJ.
Blumenthal, chairman of the program
committee. and Mrs Henry \. Hirsh,
publicity chairman.
The local chapter was organized by
n small group of women during the
Winter of 1918. Later, due to desire
of some of the members to dissolve
into the local Zionist district and lack
of interest on the part of the others,
the organization faded away. The
chapter was reorganized February "a,
1919, when a meeting was called by
Mrs. Louis Sherman.
Big Drive Planned.
Emphasis is laid on the fact that
the HadaSsah health work in Pales-
tine extends freely and without dis.
elimination TO the entire population
Few, Christian and MoSlem alike. In
order to double its national member.
ship u drive will he conducted the
week of December ). to be known as
Palestine Health week" During this
week sermons on the subject of
Health in the Jewish Homeland" will
be preached by rabbis III practically
every Jewish pulpit in the United
states. reaching the %, 900 members of
IlddaSSah. grouped in 30 chapters in
as many cities and towns. in addition
TO GA sewing circles and 130 junior
groups
Already the national Hadassah has
10 its credit in Palestine four hospitals
with 332 beds each with a diSpenSary
attached: medical stations in "a colo
nies; four infant welfare stations in
Jerusalem. and three in other Holy
Land cities; system of medical in
Spection of 1000 school children, and
a system Of pony school luncheons.
HadaSSah maintains in Jerusalem a
training school for nurses, the ONLY
Institution of it's kind in the Orient.
one OF its most successful enterprises
Is us anu-trachOma campaigns. which
nave saved thousands of Arab chill
dren as Well as many Jewish children
from blindness. In addition the Ha-
oaSSah sewing groups in this country
furnish all the Hadassah institutions
In Palestine as Well as about IA other.
phllanthropic institutions there with
abundant supply of linens The |
Junior HadaSsah groups have assumed |
financial responsibility for an entire !
orphan village in the Holy Land Ha-
dsssah held in Jerusalem last Winter !
the first health week" in the Orient. !
Volunteers Do Work.
All Of this work is carried on by /
volunteers, the only paid employees /,
being the clerical staff. and. accord |
ing to a report recently made by the |
national information bureau every
dollar it obtains for its PaIestinian !
work is sent overseas. Up to Novem-
bNi - NliiS I'd! I1dudSSdR raised
S263,l54 for its health program, which
Is S47,521 more than it raised in 1924. !
On the other hand, its 1925 budget is
$3.50 600, an increase of $1SO.U0O over
its 1874 budget.
Thousands Of American tourists who
have visited Palestine praise this
contribution by Jewish women of this
country TO the revival of the Holy
Land. One recent visitor, David A
Brown, president of the General Neces-
stiles Corporation OF Detroit, said of
1t:
''Hadassah is beloved word in
Palestine. It's name is blessing on
the lips of Jews. Arabs and Christians
alike. It has saved countless lives,
threatened by disease, and has brought
help and healing to thousands. Its
beneficent influence has had a tre-
mendous influence in the improve
ment of the hygienic and sanitary
conditions, not only of Palestine, but
Of the entire Near East"
United states Supreme Court JUS
tice Brandeis, who also visited Pales-
tine, has written: "All who love
Palestine and work to serve the
Jewish people should lend aid to
Iladassah in carrying its heavy finan-
Cial burden"