Boxes are in the homes of more than 100,000 families living in all countries of the world.
It must be admitted that, with collaboration of all classes of Jewish people, the Jewish National Fund will develop into a powerful instrument of colonization in Palestine. There are already countries which contribute regular sums to the National Fund and the same exceed the contribution of Mks. 1.-per head of the Jewish people. For this reason, and in consideration of the particular position taken by the Jewish National Fund in regard to the Jewish race and of the final development of its organization, it is no exaggeration when we state that its annual receipts will multiply in the near future in accordance with the number of Jews on the face of the earth. With this hope, all the friends of the Jewish National Fund have gone to work in the year 1914.
Anti-Semitism In German Ramblers' Club.
An evidence of the growing Anti-Semitism of Germany is that it has even been introduced in two largest ramblers' clubs, "Wandervogel" and "Pfadfinder," which have branches all over the country. These clubs, to which thousands of pupils of
higher schools belong, count many Jewish boys and girls amongst their members, and are greatly supported by Jews who have the healthy development of the young generation at heart. Many of the Jewish members of the “Wandervogel” have resigned membership and joined the Jewish Ramb- lers’ Club “Blau-Weiss”, which was founded a little time ago by some Jews who strive for the physical regeneration of their race,
Russian Government Continues to Persecute Zionists.
Herr Mayer Ger from Posisch, who was formerly the Editor of the Poalei Zion organ "The Idea," was sentenced to life-long exile to Siberia on account of having distributed pamphlets on the Poalei Zion Society. Another Zionist, by the name of Kavensky, was sentenced to twenty days imprisonment because he sold shekels and the National Fund's stamps.
A third instance of persecution has occurred in Tchernigow. Five Zionists of good standing, amongst them Dr.Ehrlich, an eminent physican, after having first obtained a verdict of "Not Guilty," have by a final judgement been sentenced to one month's imprisonment, on the ground of being members of an illegal organization.
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This department is conducted By ESTHER AST.
Madam Bella Pevsner engaged in Successful Tour.
Madam Bella Pevsner, the gifted Zionist propagandist, has had unprecedented success in the present tour she is making in the interests of the movement. In the large cities of the West as in Chicago, Ill., and Evansville, Ind., she succeeded by the force of her eloquence in gaining access to the highest strata of the Jewish community. Her principal appeal is on behalf of the Bezalel School in Jerusalem, although she does not neglect the other phases of Zionism. From the B'nai B'rith alone, whom her eloquence won over completely she succeeded in obtaining more than $2000 for that institution.
She has since visited Washington and Philadelphia, and several other cities in
Pennsylvania, meeting with the same enthusiasm and success everywhere. At the present writing Madam Pevsner has started for Savannah, Ga., and intends to bring the Zionist message to some of the principal cities of the South.
NEW YORK.
Altneuland Girls Celebrate.
The Altneuland Girls who meet at the Recreation Centre, 186 Chrystie St., recent- Ivy celebrated the sixth anniversary of the organization of the society. The meeting was fittingly addressed by Mrs. Richard Gottheil, Dr. I. Bluestone and Miss Tillie Jarmolowskv.