(President of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, 1882-1968). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, on letterhead, written to Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog.

SILVER, ELIEZER.

2nd day of week of Parshath Vayikra

Cincinnati

1946

In his capacity as president of the Va’ad Hatzalah R. Silver writes here to Eretz Israel’s Chief Rabbi with the news that he had received telegrams from the great Rabbis Kahaneman, Karelitz, Duschinsky, Bengis and others concerned that the newly-arriving refugees to Palestine were utterly destitute and consequently in R. Silver’s desire to establish organizations to care for their welfare, he has borrowed money for dispatch to Eretz Israel. Also writes at length of lies spread by the Mizrachi movement against the work of the Va’ad Hatzalah and requests that Rabbi Herzog use his influence to terminate such malicious damage as it interferes with the ability of the Va’ad Hatzalah to work to greatest effect.