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Friday, October 1, 19411
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
At Work in Israel
which is pledged entirely to Cha-
lutziut, tries to solve the dilem-
ma by establishing educational
seminars at its training farms,
where unaffiliated individuals are
introduced to the ideology of the
organization. This ideology views
Zionism as the best means of
freeing the Jewish people from
oppression and combines it with
an explicitly socialist . interpre-
tation of the causes of that op-
pression.
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An American settler in a Histadrut agricultural settlement
tightens up his farm machinery, a gift from the U.S.
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American Chalutz Movement
Spurred by Israel's Rebirth
By GABRIEL NEUMANN
JEWISH YOUTH has in the
past, reacted to Zionism in a
variety of ways. The most per-
sonal identification with the
cause has come from the "Cha-
lutzim" (pioneers), those young
men and Women who decided to
cast tit it lot with the Jews of
Palt.-;tne by settling there and
workire towards the most vital
interest, of the community.
Some of the ZiorMst youth
groups in America have Clialut-
ziut as their entire program. The
others merely include it as an
important phase of their activi-
ties; hit even these usually
&insider their Chalutz elements
as the vanguards of their move-
ments. Thus, if we're looking for
permanent results in America of
recent events, in Israel, the re-
sponse to Chalutziut since May
t1-4 might give us an important
slue.
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SURVEY CONDUCTED
HERE ARE a few facts gath-
ered by a brief survey conducted
among American Zionist youth
groups.
A spokesman for "Hechalutz."
the central pioneer agency for
most of the organizations, re-
vealed that, beginning with the
May proclamation, a constant
GROWTH IS RAPID
HASHOMER HADATI is an-
other exclusively Chalutz or-
ganization. It is orthodox in
character, combining the ideal
of self-labor with that of Bibli-
cal tradition.
Its motto, "Torah Veavodah"
(Torah and Work) expressed its
concept of the broad fulfillment
of Jewish tradition. A younger
organization than Hashomer Hat-
zair, it has also grown rapidly
during the last few months.
The Chalutz arms of the other
Zionist youth groups have also
expanded a great deal. These in-
clude Plugat Aliyah, an affiliate
of the General Zionist move-
ment, and Habonim, the youth
movement of the Labor Zionist
Organization, which has added
150 new members to its chalutz
arm since the proclamation as
compared to about 70 for the
entire preceding year.
Habonim describes itself as "la-
borite and liberal in our ap-
proach to labor" and believes in
the formation of the Jewish
State as a "Jewish cooperative
commonwealth." '
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SMALL SEGMENT
HAOLEH IS the Chalutz arm
of the Intercollegiate Zionist Fed-
eration of America It is barely
two years old, being the young-
est of American Chalutz organi-
stream of youths had been con- `'"--- -
While accepting certain basic
?a c ting his office and stating a
premises common to all Chalut;
groups, it leaves to the individ.
ual units of future settlers the
choice of ideological approach—
which may differ in each in
w
stance.
It should be noted that de
spite their growth, the Chalutz
movements still represent only a
very small segment of American
group Jewish or Zionist youth.
desire to become Chalutzim,
The "Hachsharah" (training)
farms of the various organiza-
are now filled to capacity,
and they now face a problem
that never existed before — a
shortage not of applicants as in
the past, but of training facili-
ties.
Hashomer
llatzair.
a
Page Tweedy-Woe
ever become a mass movement?"
"Will Chalutziut in America
the leaders of the groups were
asked. The answers were all
very similar: "The new State
will grow at a rate never before
contemplated and will draw Cha-
lutzim from America on a scalp
never. before witnessed.
"But Chalutziut can never
really become a mass movement
because it involves too large a
step from established ways of
life for most individuals to take
readily."
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CREETINCS
From
"A Friend"
Britain Snubs Israel;
Snubbed in Return
TEL AVIV (ZOA)—A note of
protest in connection with the re-
opening of the Haifa refineries,
addressed by British Consul Gen-
eral Cyril Morriott to "compe-
tent Jewish authorities," was ig-
nored by the Israeli government.
A Foreign Office spokesman
stated that no reply would be
given by the government to any
communications not addressed to
the Provisional Government of
Israel.
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