A meeting of the National Executive Committee of Young Judaea was held on Monday morning. In the afternoon the subject of the Young Judaea Centre was presented and discussed. Various centres have been established in New York in congregations, Hebrew schools and Recreation Centres. These groups all meet in one building and are under the direct supervision of a director. The organization of the National Leaders’ Association of Young Judaea was perfected. The constitution adapted and the following officers elected: Isaac Rosengarten, President; Rabbi Louis J. Haas, Vice-President; Leon Spitz, Secretary; Isidor Blum, Treasurer; Dr. S. T. Hurwitz, Editor; Dr. D. de Sola Pool and David Schneeberg, ex-Officio. The conference closed on Monday evening with a banquet held at the Broadway Central Hotel, with Mr. Chas. A. Cowen as toastmaster and Hon. N. Taylor Phillips as the guest of honor.
DR. MARTIN A. MEYER.
The Provisional Executive Committee announces that Dr. Martin A. Meyer, Rabbi of Temple Emanuel, San Francisco, has been elected a member of the Advisory Council of the Committee, which includes Judge Julian W. Mack and Professor Felix Frankfurter of Harvard.
Dr. Meyer has for many years maintained a sympathetic attitude toward the Zionist movement, and Zionist circles everywhere will rejoice in the circumstance that the movement is to have the benefit of the help and co-operation of one of the strongest personalities in the American-Jewish ministry and at the same time one of the foremost figures in the Jewry of the Pacific Coast.
Contributions to the Jewish National Fund at the Hague in the month of November were Frs. 56,100. This sum was contributed by the several lands as follows: Austria, Frs., 15,677; United States of America, Frs., 12,098; Canda, Frs., 9,844; Germany, Frs., 6,552; Russia, Frs., 4,256; Hungary, Frs., 3,218; South Africa, Frs., 1,447; Holland, Frs., 1,388; England, Frs., 780; Denmark, Frs., 400; Switzerland, Frs., 386; Italy, Frs., 39; France, Frs., ı5.
REPORTS FROM ZIONIST CENTERS
ALABAMA.
Birmingham—At a recent meeting of the Tikwath Zion Society, a report from the Flag Day Committee was rendered. Fourteen committees participated and collected $82.33. Medals of the N. F. B. were distributed to six members. Mr. I. Abelson delivered an address on "The Problem of the Jew," while Miss Julia Kadis spoke on the "Jewish Congress of Old."
CONNECTICUT.
Norwich—At two meetings recently arranged by the Zionist Camp and addressed by Dr. Schmarya Levin and Louis Lipsky, over $300.00 was collected, to be equally divided between the general relief and the Palestine funds. M. Peshkoff presided.
ILLINOIS.
Chicago—Dr. Schmarya Levin is now in this city in behalf of the Emergency Fund. He will probably visit other cities in this state during this month.
KENTUCKY.
Louisville—Speaking at Brith Sholom Synagogue, on Wednesday, January 5th, Louis Brandeis, introduced by Dr. I. N. Bloom, appealed for the support of Jews, the world over, that the colonies in Palestine might be preserved, that the arts and crafts there centered might not be lost; and that this focus of Jewry might be kept, like the everlasting light, burning and significant. As a result of his appeal over $100 was collected for the Emergency Fund.
NEW YORK.
New York City—An enthusiastic conference of presidents of Zionist organizations in New York, was held on Sunday afternoon, December 19th, in the offices of the Provisional Committee, in the Aeolian Building, at which the Zionist Emergency Fund Committee of Greater New York was formed, and steps were taken to organize the work for the Emergency Fund in Greater New York. There were present representatives of all the organizations including Mizrachi and Poale Zion representatives.
Mr. Louis D. Brandeis presided, and in his opening address, outlined the work of the Provisional Committee. He described in detail the work and importance of the Transfer Account, by means of which the Provisional Committee was enabled to come to the rescue of thousands of Palestinians by acting as transmitting agents for thousands of Jews in this country, who otherwise could not send money to their Palestine friends and relatives and favorite institutions. Mr. Brandeis also described the efficient methods employed by Dr. Arthur Ruppin, the Zionist representative in Palestine, in distributing the relief money, the transfer money and the specific Zionist moneys. He praised Dr. Ruppin as a painstaking and eflicient administrator. In conclusion, Mr. Brandeis pointed out the need of securing in Greater New York at least $50,000 of the $200,000 needed for the Emergency Fund, if all the enterprises of the Provisional Committee were to be maintained, and if it were to continue its activities in behalf of the Palestinian people and institutıons.
Dr. Schmarya Levin then addressed the conference, and called upon the organized Zionists to hold up the hands of Mr. Brandeis, who was giving to the movement the benefit of the ripeness of his judgment, his great administrative and intellectual abilities.
It was decided to form the Zionist Emergency Fund Committee of Greater New York, to consist of the presidents (or their substitutes), of all Zionist organizations in Greater New York, including Mizrachi and Poale Zion groups and Young Judaea Circles.
A resolution was adopted that all members of the entire committee be responsible to the general committee for the collection of the self-imposed taxes to be paid by the members of the organizations they represent. It was also decided to authorize the executive committee of twenty-four to make arrangements for street and house-to-house collections, the details of which they are to decide.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr. Leo Motzkin spoke on the Zionist situation in Europe and in Palestine.
The Zionist Emergency Fund Committee for Greater New York announces that Mr. Leopold Godowsky, the distinguished pianist and composer, has consented to give a piano recital for the benefit of the Emergency Fund. The recital will take place in Carnegie Hall, on April 2nd.
The Zionist Emergency Fund Committee for Greater New York further announces that the Zionist organizations in Greater New York are rapidly adopting the principle of self-taxation. The Poale Zion has taken steps in this direction and the executive committee of the Order B'nai Zion is communicating with its members, calling upon them to adopt this principle and urging the various camps to call special meetings to further the collection of the camps.
Mr. Joseph Barondess, Nasi of the Order, is contributing his services for the month of February. He has secured