American Jews and the War : The Human Side of America's Outpouring of Relief for the Suffering Jews of Other Countries (Classic Reprint).cJohn W Schmidt
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There came to the office of the Secretary of the Joint Distribution Committee some months ago, two newspaper men, Mr. John W.Schmidt and Mr. Cromwell Childe, one of the editors of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the authors of this book. Among the many duties devolving upon the Secretary, has been to give to the public, through various channels, the facts as to the progress of the war relief work undertaken by the Jews of America in behalf of suffering Jewry in the war zones of Europe and in Palestine.
The work done by the three committees engaged in raising funds throughout the United States, the American Jewish Relief Committee, the Central Committee for the Relief of Jews Suffering Through the War, and the Jewish People's Relief Committee of America, has centered in the Joint Distribution Committee, which has transmitted to the different committees abroad the money contributed by the Jews of America to the three committees.
My connection with the Joint Distribution Committee and the cause of war relief since its inception, enabled me to put at the service of Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Childe the facts they sought. It was further made possible for them to come into close contact with the leaders of American Jewry and with the various elements in Jewry which have gone to make up the personnel of the three committees and of the Joint Distribution Committee. They have been enabled to make an intensive study, under unusually favorable circumstances, both of war relief work in its larger aspects and of the personal characteristics of the leaders in Jewish war relief, no less than of the rank and file of the men and women who have contributed to its success.
This book, which came unsolicited from their pens, is the result of their observations. I vouch for the accuracy of the basic facts contained herein. Upon the authors conclusions and the flattering estimate they, as non-Jews, have made of the Jewish character, I, of course, make no comment.
As Secretary of the Joint Distribution Committee, however, I take pleasure in commending this little volume to American Jewry. It is a valuable contribution to the cause in which we are all so deeply concerned. I believe that it will give those readers who are not of our faith a new and different light upon the motives and impulses which actuate us.
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