Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-09-09

of both the British Government and
the Jewish people.
l. THE UNITED STATES
In communal affairs, the outstand-
ing events of the past year in the
United States were the renewal of in
terest in the conditions of Jews
abroad, and in the intensification Of
the existing interest in the rehabili-
tation of Palestine. The revived in
terest in the fate of Jews abroad be-
came dynamic at conference held
in Philadelphia on September 1918,
| 1925, at which representative Jews
expressed their sense of obligation
toward their brethren by agreeing to
launch and support campaign for
| fifteen million dollars for relief work
during the next three years.
Toward the end of November, the
Zionist Organization of America held
conference in Baltimore, at which
the collection of five million dollars
was determined upon, to care for the
needs of the various American agen.
cies engaged in constructive work in
Palestine which had heretofore fol-
lowed the practice of making indi
vidual appeals, to-wit, the Keren
Hayesod Foundation FUND.- the Jew
ish National Fund, the Hadassah, the
Hebrew University Fund, the Miz-
rachi (the orthodox wing of the Zion
ist movemenD and the Junior Hadas-
| sab. That the two drives: the United
Jewish Campaign and the United Pal
estine Appeal-should, in some quar-
ters, have been regarded as competi-
tive instead of parallel movements
was inevitable, and much bitterness
resulted. On the other hand, in many
communities, Zionists and non.Zion-
lists joined forces and prosecuted joint
drives. Both campaigns were graft
fyingly successful, and, according to
the latest reports the sums sought
have been oversubscribed.
Increased Activities Many
Other important events within the
Jewish community were the organiza-
tion, in November, of Council on
American Jewish Student Affairs; the
formation in May, by the Union Of
American Hebrew Congregations, the
United Synagogue of America, the
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congrega-
tions, and the rabbinical organiza-
tions affiliated with them of the Syna-
goguc Council of America ''to speak
and act unitedly in furthering such
religious interests as all their con-
stituent national organizations share
in common; the founding in May,
1926, under the auspices of the Zion
ist Organization of America of the
Association for Jewish Culture and
Education 'to foster in American
Jewish life an appreciation of Jewish
cultural values; to create better un-
derstanding of Jewish traditions and
aspirations; to promote an active in
terest in the rebuilding of Palestine;
to spread knowledge of the Hebrew
language and literature; to develop a
/, positive attitude towards all creative
effort, for the renaissance of the jew
| ish culture and ideals; the celebra-
| tion of the one hundredth anniversary
of the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
of New York; the opening of new
playhouse for the Yiddish Art thea
tire in New York; the successful CAM
| paign for building fund of $5,000,-
| 900 for Jewish college-the Yeshi-
yah College of America, where young
men desirous of doing so may obtain
an academic education in a Jewish
environment; and the silver jubilee of
the Jewish Morning Journal, the only
Yiddish morning newspaper in the
United States.
In addition the Federation for jew
ish charity all over the country raised
their budgets, aggregating over $l6,-
100000. Judged by these facts it
would be quite safe to assume that,
aside from special donations and be-
quests, the Jewish public of the Unit