Excerpt from The War Record of American Jews: First Report of the Office of War Records, American Jewish Committee, January 1, 1919 Dr. Cyrus adler, Chairman, Executive Committee, American Jewish Committee. I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon the collection Of Jewish War Statistics. The monumental char acter of the undertaking - as an instrument Wherewith to combat certain manifestations of anti-jewish prejudice in the immediate present, and as a collection of source material invaluable for Jewish historiography and demography in the future - has become fully apparent Within the past year. It has been impossible, however, because of limitations of time, of funds, and of office accommodation, to render full justice to the work. Now that the war is happily drawing to a close the range and extent of the work still to be done may be definitely measured. In order to bring the under taking to a successful conclusion it appears to be necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.