--- title: 'Build the Jewish Homeland Now: Palestine Restoration Fund $3,000,000' url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/zoa-build-jewish-homeland-restoration-fund-1919/ description: A fundraising poster for the Zionist Organization of America's Palestine Restoration Fund pairs the imperative 'Build the Jewish Homeland Now' with a… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Build the Jewish Homeland Now: Palestine Restoration Fund $3,000,000](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/zoa-build-jewish-homeland-restoration-fund-1919.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/zoa-build-jewish-homeland-restoration-fund-1919.jpg) # Build the Jewish Homeland Now: Palestine Restoration Fund $3,000,000 A fundraising poster for the Zionist Organization of America's Palestine Restoration Fund pairs the imperative 'Build the Jewish Homeland Now' with a Star of David marked with the Hebrew word for Zion above a sunlit hillside town with domes and a minaret, and a printed target of $3,000,000. The tell is the pairing: the sacred-place symbol and townscape carry the weight of the appeal, while the ask itself is reduced to an address and a sum. - **Date:** 1919 - **Period:** [Interwar](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=interwar) - **Made by:** Zionist Organization of America, New York - **Region:** [North America](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=north-america) - **Country:** [United States](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=united-states) - **Medium:** [Poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=poster) - **Issuer type:** [NGO](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=ngo) - **Regime:** [Wilson Administration](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=wilson-administration) - **Leader:** [Woodrow Wilson](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=woodrow-wilson) - **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public) - **Purpose:** [Fundraise](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=fundraise) - **Themes:** [Economy and finance](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=economy-finance), [Migration](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=migration) - **Event:** [Palestine Restoration Fund Campaign](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=palestine-restoration-fund-campaign) - **Techniques:** [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) - **Regime:** [Wilson administration](https://propagandaarchive.org/regimes/wilson-administration/) - **Leader:** [Woodrow Wilson](https://propagandaarchive.org/regimes/wilson-administration/#woodrow-wilson) - **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are - **Source:** [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division](https://www.loc.gov/item/2015646411/), retrieved September 29, 2026 - **Rights:** Public domain (published 1919, before 1931); LOC: No known restrictions on publication Zionist Organization of America, New York, 1919; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, POS - US .P35, no. 1 ## Text on the object Original (Multiple) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` BUILD the JEWISH HOMELAND NOW צִיּוֹן PALESTINE RESTORATION FUND $3,000,000 Forward Contributions to ZIONIST ORGANIZATION of AMERICA 55 Fifth Ave. New York City ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` BUILD the JEWISH HOMELAND NOW Zion PALESTINE RESTORATION FUND $3,000,000 Forward Contributions to ZIONIST ORGANIZATION of AMERICA 55 Fifth Ave. New York City ``` The English text is printed in a decorative face with initial capitals in colour. The single Hebrew word inside the Star of David is read as 'Tziyon' (Zion), with vowel points. Only the Hebrew word is translated. [← Te! sötétben bujkáló rémhírterjesztő ellenforradalmár reszkess! (You! Tremble, counter-revolutionary rumour-monger lurking in the dark!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/te-sotetben-bujkalo-hungarian-soviet-1919/) [宣言書 (Declaration of Independence), 8 February 1919, first sheet of a handwritten copy →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/feb-8-declaration-korean-students-1919/) ## Using the same techniques - [Bronze sestertius of Gaius (Caligula), reverse S P Q R P P OB CIVES SERVATOS in an oak wreath](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sestertius-caligula-ob-cives-servatos-0037/) (0037 · Testimonial, Transfer) - [Gold coin of Kanishka: King of Kings legend, king at the altar, deity Oesho](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gold-dinar-kanishka-king-of-kings-0130/) (0130 · Transfer) - [Gold solidus of Justinian I, reverse VICTORIA AVGGG with Victory holding a Christogram staff](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/solidus-justinian-i-victoria-avggg-0538/) (0538 · Transfer, Glittering generalities) - [Bayeux Tapestry, scene 23: UBI HAROLD SACRAMENTVM FECIT VVILLELMO DVCI](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bayeux-tapestry-harold-oath-to-william-1070/) (1070 · Transfer, Card stacking) - [Frontispiece to Eikon Basilike, The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings (Hollar, 1649)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eikon-basilike-frontispiece-hollar-1649/) (1649 · Transfer, Glittering generalities) - [Consult of the doctors on the grave illness of the Grand Sultan (Consult vande medicijnen inde swaere siekte vanden grooten Sultaen)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/consult-of-the-doctors-sick-sultan-antwerp-1683/) (1683 · Transfer, Bandwagon) - [The Highlanders Medley, or The Duke Triumphant (A Loyal Song)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/highlanders-medley-duke-triumphant-1746/) (1746 · Name-calling, Transfer) - [Marche du Dom Quichotte moderne pour la deffence du Moulin des Abus (March of the Modern Don Quixote in Defence of the Mill of Abuses)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dom-quichotte-moulin-des-abus-1791/) (1791 · Name-calling, Transfer)