The Mount Moriah Hospital
Some years ago, the Galician Jewish element in the New York population was not considered as active, in a communal way, as other elements had proved themselves to be. This is not true any more. At the present time, the Galician Jews of the great metropolis have come to the front, with ambitions to do for their own kind what had been done hereto fore by the general Jewish community. The rise of the Galician Jews may be traced to the formation of the Galician Verband, which includes the most influential of that
element and which has been an important factor in the development of a proper sense of responsibility among its own members. The Galician Verband was largely instrumental, through its president, Mr. Bernard Semel, in the organization of the New York Kehilla, which is an attempt to organize the Jews for their
own local interests. The Verband has also developed the Mount Moriah Hospital, which, with Beth Israel Hospital, divides the work of caring for the dependent sick of the East Side.
This Hospital is located at 138-140 Second Street. During the past year aboutone thousand patients were admitted intothe hospital. There are now over seventypatients in the institution. About threehundred patients were visited by the district physicians, and one hundred andforty five accident cases were treated. Ofall the patients treated, ninety two pedcent were free patients. Nor does theHospital confine itself chiefly to Galicianpatients. During the past year, of thenumber of cases treated, 257 were of Russian antecedents, 274 were Austrians, 40were Roumanians, 37 were Germans, 28were Hungarians, and 180 were of American birth.
The Mount Moriah Dispensary was opened on September 1, 1909, and within two months of its existence over four thousand patients were treated, free of charge.
The Galician Verband is supported by 376 branches. Its work in the hospital, however, receives the support also of many small business men of the East Side. A hospital and an organization inspired by such progressive ideals, and interested in the larger phases of the Jewish question, certainly is deserving of the attention of Zionists.
The Texas Zion Association will hold its annual convention this year in San- Antonio, Texas, beginning on January 2 and concluding on January 4. In connection with the convention, an exhibit of various articles made by the Bezalel will be given. Societies affiliated with the association have been asked to instruct their delegates to purchase at least one article for local uses.