Show JEWS IN RUSSIA A IN 0 IRE MILLION AND A HALF SAID TO br IN A STAVING AND ARE ASKING HELP rabbi declare declares that jew jews ae face to facok h tragedy Un paral fated in the history of jewish agony a london at a meeting ben here cm on sun day in behalf of the fund for the relief of jewish victims of the war in R itu rus us sla eta it WM was announced that there were jey jaws starving in russia leopod leopold de rothschild roth presided and lord chief rabbi hertz israel zangwill and other prominent jews were present rabbi herti hertz described the task before those raising the fund aa as vast and urgent the response to the appeal for funds from th british jews he be eald said was waa not adequate mainly owing owin to their ignorance of the real state of affair affairs for nearly a year there has been a sinister silence in the general press broken only occa altru ek nally ally bf by a sneer at the jews on the part or of Pe pitchers ubera of race hatred and Volo slats fw to rr tiu the jew be he added were tfx to face with a tragedy unparalleled in the history of jewish agony tha the petrograd rabbi imerti concluded expected a million pounds oot tt from rom ther british jews and ad only had been raised he said the present call was for sacrifice sacrifices and self elf taxation |