7 0 0 D O C . 4 9 8 O N T H E J E W I S H N A T I O N A L F U N D 498. Message on the Jewish National Fund for the Einstein Jubilee Celebration in New York[1]  [Einstein 1929x] Dated after 13 April 1929[2] Published 18 April 1929 In: Jewish Daily Bulletin, 18 April 1929, p. 3. Index marker Index The greatest national possession of a people is its land. If every Jew will do his share toward the redemption of Palestine, the soil of our land will become the national possession of the Jewish people. I have received many gifts on my fiftieth birthday but I am particularly gratifies by contributions made to Palestine recon- struction work which will result in a revitalized land and a regene- rated Jewish people  Published in Jewish Daily Bulletin, 18 April 1929, p. 3. For the original German version, see Doc. 467. [1] On the celebration, see Doc. 496, note 2. On the role of the Jewish National Fund, see Doc. 457, note 1. [2] Dated by the date of Abs. 1107. [3] Emanuel Neumann (1893–1980) was a Latvian-born American Zionist and president of the Jewish National Fund in New York. Einstein had been requested to provide a statement for the Jewish National Fund in Abs. 1107. [3]