PALESTINE FOR THE JEWS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21084, 8 February 1934, Page 10

PALESTINE FOR THE JEWS

• APPEAL BY Dl£. HENZION SIIEIN ; I'RKSH S I .\IM' FOR I'KU.SFCLTED ' I'FOI'LK ' A picture of the sufferings of the ! .Tows in Europe, particularly in Ger- . many, was presented to an audience of Jewish people in the Jellieoe Hall last | night by Dr. Benzion H. Shein, when lie appealed for assistance to enable? those who had been deprived of their homes to be sent to Palestine, where thev would | have the opportunity of rehabilitating lh r niselves. Mr P. Seli;' was in the chair and tlu re wn:; a good attendance. Dr. Shein said the Jewish people were passing through a time of very firent contrast. On one side there was much darkness, pain and suffering; on the other side there was much brightness, joy, and enterprise. The darkness was in the land of Hitler. Ih~ joy in Palestine. lie had been asked if what the people had road of happenings in Germany were true, but n<'f only was it not exaggerated, il was much under-rated. People at this distance were hearing only "the echo, not. the real outcry. The actual number who were killed in massacres was more than HOO and more than .'SO'OO had Le~n injured. The ceasing of the cruelties was due to the intervention of I'.rilam and other gnat nations and so thousands of Jews had been saved frem massacre. Jews had also been murdered in Ukraine, so Hitler was not alone in his cruelties. Dr. Shein went on 1o voeak of the "dry pogroms" which had been inaugurated in Germany where Jews were not allowed to work. Chaos had been introduced into tho I lives of hundreds of thousands of Jewish people who had previously been comfortably situated. The Jewish People were given a small snpplv of food, o'herwise they would starve. The French had been very generous to those Jewish refusers and in Paris the Jewish community and Ihe people generally were caring for the returnees. ■ A t Ihe last Passover he had been in Paris and had seen the rctugee;.-. Thev had had to take ehari'.v and their sit lint ion was I'eaily a tragedy. Happiness in Palestine. On his way 1o New Zealand he tailed in at Palestine, where, instead i of pained expressions on flic faces of the people, he saw joy and brightness. 1 -Or. Shein spoke of the progress that ; had been made in every direction in i Palestine since he had visited it 12 years previously. At Jerusalem a uni- * versit.v had been opened where the 1 teachings of Professor Einstein were being carried on and the indomitable spirit of Dr. Kinstein would never be * forgotten by the Jews. Green fields 5 and happy people were to be seen, and 1 that s;;oke of the prosperity of the ' people. I Dr. Shein also visited Northern s Palestine, where the country was more • barren but the soil was calling; to the Jewish people to come and cultivate i it. Thousands of Jews were clamour- i ing to enter Palestine, but they needed , money to enable them to obtain a start J' to keep themselves That was why he j I was appealing to the .Tews of Aus- 1 iralia jjnd New Zealand to assist generously to enable those people to buy 1 spades and ploughs to make their own £ living. lie appealed to those present J not to look on those people as beggars , but as brothers and sisters who were i Mificring and to help them to the utmost of their ability. Hitler had trod- £ den on the honour of the Jewish race £ and Jewish people all over the world 1" were helping to remove the Jews in Germany from the hell in which they had been placed. Dr. Shein told of the generous way in which the Jews in other cities anil ~ towns had answered his appeal, and * he asked the Jewish community of I 1 Cbristchureh to act a:s generously. * Dr. Shein was cordially thanked for £ his address. r a Public Address To-night. 1; Dr. Shein will deliver a public ad- n dress in the Radiant Hall to-night. No a "ppeal for funds will be made. 0 . v Members of the party of New South Wales farmers which spent " yesterday in Chrislchurch in the course of a tour of New Zealand are almost embarrassingly grateful l'or 11 the hospitality they have been re- P ceiving in this country. The leader of the party, Mr Arthur Grimm, says 0 that though they have not been here C( long, all the Australians have found ] the kindness they have received v even more lavish than glowing re- c ports had led them to expect. All c the members join in this expression, b and declare that they are looking forward to another visit. p;