The Jewish Medical Society in Jaffa
The Jewish Medical Society in Jaffa was established in January, 1912, and contains eighteen members, namely, ten doctors and a chemist in Jaffa, five doctors in the colonies of Rishon-le-Zion, Rechoboth, Petach-Tikvah, Chederah, and Zichron-Jacob, and two doctors in Tiberias. As there are only forty Jewish doctors altogether in Palestine the new society contains a very good proportion. The society has already acquired the nucleus of a medical library in the form of the collection of medical books that belonged to Dr. Finn of Vilna, and proposes to make statistical inquiries into the health conditions of the school children of Palestine. It has also appointed a commission to study the question of tuberculosis in Palestine.
An Agricultural High School in Palestine
Upon the initiative of the Hebrew author Jacob Rabinowitz, a number of the inhabitants of Petach-Tikvah have decided to establish an Agricultural High School. The first meeting that was called to consider the scheme was attended by about 5o colonists all of whom approved of the idea and offered donations to secure the Budget for the first year. The establishment ofsuch a High-School has been found a necessity, as the children of Petach-Tikvah leave school as a rule at the age of fourteen when they are as yet unable to take part in the plantation work in the colony, so that they must be sent for a few years fo a town-school. The result of this is that the children become estranged from village Mfe and farming. The parents have therefore resolved to found this new institution, which they hope will also be attended by children from other colonies as well as from abroad.
An Agricultural Association in Lower Galilee
A conference which was attended by about 30 persons was held a short time ago in the colony of Jabneel for the purpose of establishing an Agricultural Association in lower Galilee. The object of the meeting was explained by its initiator, Mr. Golde, who stated that
the agricultural activity of the colonies. which can only be properly carried out by a union of force. He emphasized the importance of spreading a knowledge of agriculture by means of lectures, books, model farms and exhibtions, and also urged the undertaking of milk products preserves, etc. Work of this kind could only be successfully carried out by a well organized association of farmers, who could enlist the co-operation of other useful factors. The association could also act as a suitable representative body in dealings with the Jewish Colsnization Association and theJewish National Fund, and could also promote such institutions as the Loan Funds, the Cattle Insurance Society, and' the circulating libraries. After a discussion it was resolved to found the Agricultural Association, the seat of the Committee to be in Jabneel. The Committee was: instructed to devote itself to the study of the agrarian laws, to raise the neccessary means for the extension of cattle-rearing,. and to use its influence with the colonization organizations for the appointment of suitable teachers who have made a specialty of a particular branch of agriculture. It was also decided to request the Odessa Committee to establishn a model village: school in Lower Galilee.
Jewish Land in Palestine
According to an article by Herr B. Goldberg in the latest number of "Palästina" the amount of land in Jewish possession in Palestine is about 100,860 acres. This area represents a little more than one per cent. of the total area of Palestine. The Jewish land is made up of the following estates.