fie
WAIT Parley at Geneva Views Problems
of Anii-Seinitism, Education, Israel,
Soviet Halting of Jewish Emigration
children in the United States,
The WJC, its president said,
were receiving some form of had never given up hope that
a Jewish education. He re- the representatives of Eastern
ported that 40,000 children Europe's Jewries would be able
attended all-day Jewish schools to resume cooperation with the
in American cities and that Congress and the Jewish com-
GENEVA (JTA)—Thirty per- If all disputable problems
siderable degree with the American Jewish children have munities of the world.
cent of Germans today are go- were relegated to the courts, spiritual leaders of Israel's "more and better Jewish
The WJC concluded its con-
ing through a phase of mental
the number of cases would Jewry who have not succeeded schools" to attend than their
ference by passing resolutions
anti-Semitism in which bias is exceed court capacity to
parents
had
40
years
ago.
in building a bridge between
in support of Dr. Goldmann's
expressed in general dislike
handle them. This would
A resolution was adopted position. The resolutions
Israel and the Diaspora and in
and disdain for the Jews, it needlessly delay the adjudi-
only too many instances are noting with pride the "remark- urged the Soviet Union to
was reported here.
cation of large numbers of
even far from really under- able achievements" of the State allow Jewish communities to
claims.
This view of anti-Semitism
standing the problem."
of Israel in its • first decade. establish their own institutions,
in Germany, 25 years after
A report on the situation of
Expressing the view that the The delegates warned, how- and appealed to the Romanian
Hitler's rise to power, was the Jews in North Africa was majority of Israelis "may be ever, against "the large quan- Government to allow Jews to
discussed in one of a number of presented by Dr. Maurice Perlz- considered • as rather indif- tities of arms which Soviet migrate to Israel and recom-
reports given to the executive of weig, head of the WJC Depart- ferent" to the rest of Jewry Russia and the United States
mended an international Jewish
the World Jewish Congress ment on International Affairs. and their problems, Dr. Tarta- were supplying the Arab states culture conference.
meeting in the Maison Juive He said that friendly and co- kower said: "This is especially which reject any idea of peace
The WJC, in its resolution
here. Dr. Nehemiah Robinson, of operative relations had been correct as far as the younger with Israel."
addressed to the . USSR,
New York, director of the maintained by the World Jew- generation is concerned!'
Dr. A. Steinberg, director of
World Jewish Congress' Insti- ish Congress with Tunisia and While lack of adult interest the WJC cultural department underlined the "inalienable
titute of Jewish Affairs told Morocco from which promises might be attributed to a degree in London, spoke optimistically right of Jewish communities
everywhere to establish in-
70 world Jewish leaders from had been obtained "that the un- of absorption in the affairs of of the religious revival among
stitutions to maintain the
more than 20 countries that resolved problems relating to the young state and in their American Jews, asserting that
continuity of Jewish life.
age-old anti-Semitism was still the structure of the Jewish daily work, no such explana- the "overwhelming majority"
Romania was asked to enable
latent in the minds of many communities" in those coun- tion can possibly exist with re- of Jews in the U.S. are "in-
families separated between
people all over the world.
tries "and the right to emi- gard to the youth. Young clined to identify themselves"
Romania and Israel to be re-
Recent scientific polls in grate would be solved on a Israelis, born or educated in as a Jewish religious group.
united, and to permit the
Germany revealed that anti- basis of goodwill." He lauded the country, were mostly far
At the same time, Dr. Stein-
emigration of 130 Zionists
Jewish bias is not dead. Ques-
the refusal of the governments from interested in Jews else- berg described the Jews of the
released from Prison some
tions elicited the fact that 30 of the two countries to be where.
Soviet Union as remaining
time ago. At the time of
percent of those canvassed drawn into policies of "de-
"Their worl d," Dr. Tarta- faithful to their Jewish tradi- their release, the govern-
show "active anti-Jewish feel- structive and aggressive nation- kower continued, "is the world tions. Though the future of the
ment promised to facilitate
ing. One in ten was not dis- alism on which the regimes of of Israel only, and the danger USSR's 3,000,000 Jews appears
their migration to Israel but
inclined to participate again certain Arab countries are of their developing into an- "shrouded in mystery," he said,
has not done so.
in anti-Jewish acts of violence based."
other nation which has very whenever "a Jewish eye suc-
The delegates asked that
if circumstances warrant," Dr.
Dr. I. Schwartzbart, direc- little if anything to do with the ceeds in piercing the veil, it recommendations reached at
Robinson reported.
meets
faithfulness
to
the
Jew-
tor of the WJC organization Jewish people in other coun-
the projected culture parley be
Dr. Robinson contended that department. reported contacts tries can be considered as im- ish destiny."
Both Polish and Hungarian brought to the next plenary
the bombings of synagogues and with affiliates and representa- minent." He revealed that
session of the WJC executive.
centers in the South of the tives bodies in more than 60
officialdom in Israel is • also speakers claimed that there In the interest of ending the
United States, anti-Semitic in- countries. He said one of the concerned. "T h e y too are was freedom of religion in world armaments race, the ex-
cidents during the Argentinian major unresolved problems aware of the danger involved their countries. The represen- ecutive proposed that the halt-
and Italian elections, and in was the rift between Seph- in the present development of tative of Poland reported that ing of nuclear tests would be
the recent French unheavals ardic Jews, numbering 1,- affairs and a r e trying to Die Folkstimme, the Warsaw "an important first step" on
demonstrated that anti-Semitism 800,000 and the Ashkenazic, strengthen the bonds between Yiddish daily, is received in the road to delivering mankind •
totalling about 10,200,000. A the youth of Israel and the every Jewish home in the coun- from fear.
is still prevalent in the minds
of many people and that it complete solution of the prob- Jewish people throughout the try. He also underlined the
lem was "a long way off," he
need for coordination on mat-
comes to the fore whenever the
world," he said.
said, but some progress had
ters of Jewish culture with
population becomes restive.
Thousands of Jewish youth
Dr. Robinson also reported been made.
all over the world are "drift- Jewish communities throughout
the world.
on compensation and restitu-
There were also several re-
ing from Judaism," I. M.
World Jewry will not relent
tion payments to Nazi victims ports concerning attitudes and
Sieff, British Jewish leader
and expressed concern over the conditions affecting Jewish
and chairman of the Euro- in its determination to bring
Call Us For
pace at which claims are being youth of the new generation.
pean executive of the World Soviet Jewry back into its
councils,
Dr.
Nahum
Goldmann,
processed. He and two other
Jewish
Congress,
declared
at
Jewish educational author-
members of a special team rep- ities and parents appear uncon-
the. meeting. Sieff called for president of the World Jewish
Congress told the opening ses-
resenting t h e Conference on cerned about the impact of
the establishment of a global
On A
sion.
Jewish Material Claims Against science on Jewish religious
Jewish body to tackle the
Germany recently visited Ger- education, according to prelim-
problem of assimilation and
many and, after a survey of inary findings of the special
counteract it with a far-flung
Elect a Candidate That
the compensation offices in the WJC commission on the role
cultural program.
Will Represent the People
various Laender, offered cer- of science in Jewish education,
Dr. Israel Goldstein, former
tain suggestions to speedup the headed by Prof. Horace M. president of the AJC, esti-
12927 Hamilton
processing.
Democrat
mated that some 500,000 Jew-
Kallen of New York.
State Representative
"There's a dearth of person-
The inquiry began about five ish children, approximately
Ballot No. 1 07
nel in all the Laender with months ago. Dr. Kallen, who half the school-age Jewish
large numbers of_ claims," was unable to attend the pres-
Robinson reported. He said the ent WJC session, submitted a
slow pace of adjudication could written progress report. In his
be best illustrated by the situa- report, Dr. Kallen stated that
tion in Rheinland-Pfalz where a preliminary analysis of re-
in the office dealing with sponses to a questionnaire sub-
claims for Israel, 80,000 cases mitted by the Commission to
ready for adjudication were a cross section of Jewish edu-
Like thousands of your
"lying around." In Berlin only cators showed:
claims from persons over 75
1. An almost total lack of
neighbors, you'll say—
had in the main been adjudi- appreciation of the nature of
cated, and in Nordrhein-West- the problem and its urgency
phalen the body dealing with among those responsible for
cases of loss of life and damage educational program and
to health was "so understaffed policy.
that it could not adjudicate
2. Jewish education, viewed
more than one-half of the num- as "religious" education, is
ber it should have done to ac- held by many to concern itself
complish its task in time."
with an area untouched by the
Dr. Robinson said the num- scientific spirit.
ber of adjudications "must he
Yes—you'll be crazy about your City Bank
3. Others regard Jewish edu-
increased" to at least 30,000 cation as a sort of counterforce
annually in order to meet the to the rising tide of "scient-
deadline of the law. The WJC ism," that should offset the
expert also reported that there generally increasing concentra-
are "large blocks of cases tion on scientific studies by
which lie idle because they in- means of intensified plans for
volve a decision in principle religious instruction.
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Dr. Kallen stated that one
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Dr. Robinson contended
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that the entire compensation
Dr. Arieh Tartakower, chair-
program could be concluded
man of the Israel executive of
"considerably faster and fair- the WJC, analyzed Israel-Dia-
er" if the responsible authori- spora Jewry relation s. He
ties in the Laender would agree warned that indifference by
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