(ISRAEL / PALESTINE).
Fundraising Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine. Issued by the United ...

(ISRAEL / PALESTINE).
Fundraising Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine. Issued by the United Palestine Appeal.


A fundraising packet comprised of five items stored in a pictorial envelope.
Light wear. 10 x 7 inches.
New York: United Palestine Appeal c. 1944
Contents: 1. The Redeemed Become the Redeemers. A broadside plea for contributions; printed on the reverse is a New York Times article from January 15, 1944. 2. The Facts about Palestine. By Arthur Lourie. American Zionist Emergency Council. 20 pp. 3. The Future of the Jews. By Dorothy Thompson. United Palestine Appeal. 14 pp. 4. An American Soldier in Palestine. United Palestine Appeal. 20 pp. 5. Sabbath Eve on the Palestine War Front. Photograph of a young woman dressed in military uniform, lighting the Sabbath candles. The United Palestine Appeal was first established in 1925 to unify fundraising in America for a Jewish national homeland. Its constituents included Keren Hayesod, the fundraising organization for the Jewish Agency; Hadassah; Hebrew University; the Jewish National Fund and Mizrachi. Later, United Palestine Appeal would enter into a partnership with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) to found the United Jewish Appeal (UJA).
Contents: 1. The Redeemed Become the Redeemers. A broadside plea for contributions; printed on the reverse is a New York Times article from January 15, 1944. 2. The Facts about Palestine. By Arthur Lourie. American Zionist Emergency Council. 20 pp. 3. The Future of the Jews. By Dorothy Thompson. United Palestine Appeal. 14 pp. 4. An American Soldier in Palestine. United Palestine Appeal. 20 pp. 5. Sabbath Eve on the Palestine War Front. Photograph of a young woman dressed in military uniform, lighting the Sabbath candles. The United Palestine Appeal was first established in 1925 to unify fundraising in America for a Jewish national homeland. Its constituents included Keren Hayesod, the fundraising organization for the Jewish Agency; Hadassah; Hebrew University; the Jewish National Fund and Mizrachi. Later, United Palestine Appeal would enter into a partnership with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) to found the United Jewish Appeal (UJA).