Effort for Relief of Distress Among the Thousands of Poor Jews in Jerusalem by Means of Food and Work

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Churchman

London

(1878)

Remarkably, this small booklet, produced by the "Association in Aid of the Industrial Plantation Near Jerusalem and for the Relief of Distresss among the Poor Jews," appears to be free of all Christian missionary influence. It describes the financial plight of the 13,000-15,000 Jews of Jerusalem and goes on to report a two-pronged strategy to ameliorate their situation: The Industrial Plantation, a 10-12 acre tract of land, just outside Jerusalem, purchased from Moslem owners, "for the employment of Jews in garden and vineyard culture and in various trades" (p.4). "We have secured the services of Mrs. A. Hornstein, an old resident in Jerusalem as distributor of Relief in the form of Food and Clothing" (pp.9-10)