THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Sixteen
4-Day Hunger Strike Ends;
1,200 on Ship to Enter Zion
`I Seek My Brethern'
Topic of Dr. Levi
At Bnai Moshe May 1
Friday, April 26, 1946
AJC School Project
Children to Open Drive with Rally
At Avalon Theater Wednesday, May g
British Colonial Office Authorizes Jewish Agency to Issue Guest Speaker to Address
Highlighting the School Project ties by volunteering, now, to share
Installation of Congrega-
Certificates; Wild Demonstration Sweeps Jerusalem
of the Allied Jewish Campaign their pocket money, their food
tion's
Men's
Club
on Firit Seder Night; Whole Country Celebrates
will be a rally of Detroit Jewish and their clothing with their un-
school children on Wednesday, fortunate brethren in Europe. And
JERUSALEM, (Palcor)—The four-day hunger strike of
"I Seek My Brethren" is the May 8, at the Avalon Theater, ac- of course we expect that the chil-
18 Jewish leaders ended shortly before 7 p. m. April 16, when
subject of the address to be de- cording to an announcement by dren will play an important role
it Was announced officially that all 1,200 refugees detained
livered by Rabbi S. Gershon Levi Bernard Isaacs, chairman of the in swelling the total of contribu-
in La Spezia harbor aboard the Italian ship Fede (rechristen-
tions so that we insure the corr.
of Toronto, before the Men's schools division.
ed' Dov Hoz) , will be permitted to enter Palestine:.,
tinued indispensable work of the
The
school
project,
which
was
Club
of
Congre-
- The Jewish Agency, Vaad Leumi and other national
Joint Distribution Committee, the
institutions, in a joint statement,
declared: "As a result of repre- director of Solel • Boneh, Hista-
sentations made by the Jewish 1 drtith's construction agency, and
Agency in London to the Colon- a member of the Haifa Municipal
ial. Office, His Majesty's Govern- Council. Many scores more de-
ment agreed that in view of the manded that they be allowed to
special importance attached to join the strikers, but Vaad Leumi
the case of the JewiSh refugees rejected them, chiefly because of
aboard the steamship Fede at poor health.
LaSpezia, it was open to the
Struggle Will Continue
Agency to allow to members of
When the hunger strike was
this group such certificates as will
declared ended, some of the
be made available to the Jewish
strikers, feeble from their ordeal
Agency by the Palestine Govern-
but elated by victory, appeared
ment.
on the balcony of the Vaad Leumi
(The JTA Tuesday learned that building. Amid wild applause,
the Palestine government has Aron Zisling declared that the
telegraphed 650 certificates to struggle for free immigration
refugees who are aboard the would continue. Goldie Meyerson
stranded ship "Fede" at La of Milwaukee asserted that the
Spezia harbor in Italy.)
strikers had attained their goal.
See High Commissioner
On April 15, first seder night,
A delegation consisting of Dr. the courtyard of the Vaad Leumi
Bernard Joseph, on behalf of the building was an unforgettable
Jewish Agency, Isaac ben Zvi for spectacle. Thousands of persons,
Vaad Leumi, and Chief Rabbi many of them pilgrims who came
Herzog was received by the High to Jerusalem for the Passover
Commissioner April 16. The festival,. chanted cries for free
Jewish Agency thereafter decided immigration and "long live our
to make certificates available for fasting leaders." All hunger
these refugees who will be able strikers, together with their
to come to Palestine.
families and notables, attended a
After the interview with the seder held in the main hall of
High Commissioner, an extra-. the Vaad Leumi building. At the
ordinary meeting took place in head of the seder table reclined
the offices of the Vaad Leumi Chief Rabbis Herzog and Uziel
Executive with members of the and David Remeb. Dr. Yehuda
Jewish Agency and the fasting Kaufman conducted the seder.
leaders. It was decided, on the The youngest among the fasters,
basis of the government's decis- 39-year-old Isaac Werfel, asked
ion, to terminate the fast which the Four Questions. A tremor of
had lasted 101 hours.
emotion went through the congre-
Nearly 10,000 persons swarmed gation as he began: "Why is this
into the courtyard of the Vaad night different from all ether
Leumi building, while thousands nights . .?"
milled outside and in adjoining
Gathering Joins In Prayer
streets. When Isaac ben Zvi an-
All fasters recited the Hagadah
nounced that the objective of all
in loud voices. In a deep baritone,
Jewish Palestine had been achiev-
Zalman Rubashov. sang Hassidic
ed, and the strike had been end-
melodies from the Hagadah. When
ed, tremendous cheering was
they reached the ancient prayer,
heard throughout Jerusalem.
"Spill Thy Wrath," the entire
Strikers' Honor List
gathering stood and repeated it
The hunger strikers on the in unison.
Honor List were: David Remez,
.The fasters ate nothing but a
chairman of the Vaad Leumi ex-
morsel of matzo the size of an
ecutive; Goldie Meyerson, of the
Histadruth executive; Aron Zis- olive. Nir Rafalkes refused to
eat even that. -
ling, of the Ein Harod Communi-
Dr. Senatbr brought to the
ty Council; Jacob Riftin, of Kib-
butz Ein Shemor; Nahum Nir seder the first Hagadah ever
Rafalkes and Mordechai Shatner, printed, which belonged to the
pre-inquisition Jewish commun-
members of Vaad Leumi; David
ity
of Spain, and was taken from
Abulafia, president of the Sep-
hardic community of Jerusalem; the Jewish National Library.
'
David W. Senator, of Hebrew
University; Elisheva Froman,
former president of World Zion,
ist Organization in Holland and
an inmate of Bergen Belsen for
several years; Nahum Lifshitz, of
the Manufacturers Association;
Salman Aronovitz, of Histadruth
executive; Jehudith Simchonith,
of Labor Women's Council; Zal-
man Rubashov, editor of Davar,
and member of the presideum of
the Zionist General Council. The
strikers' ranks were joined later
by Israel Gorfinkel, labor council-
or of the Tel Aviv municipality;
Isaac Werfel, Bezalel Brzinsky
and Moshe Kaldheim of Hapoel
Hamizrachi; and David Hacohen,
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Dr. Levi re-
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Dr. S. G. Levi in Europe, with
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Pacific.
In his address on May 1, Dr.
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The newly elected officers and
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stalled at this meeting. The pub-
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Exiles in Italy
ROME (JTA)—A transport of
116 Jews, said to be en route to
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