In a stirring appeal to cam-
paign leaders and workers, at a
dinner meeting of the Allied
Jewish Campaign, at the Jewish
Center, Wednesday, Moshe
Sharett, chairman of the Jewish
Agency Executive, former Israel
Prime Minister and F or e i g n
Minister,- urged American Jewry
to continue its traditionally gen-
erous share in rescuing Jews
suffering from persecutions in
lands of oppression and empha-
sized the need for increased par-
ticipation in present efforts in
view of the liquidation of Jew-
ish communities in several areas
in the world.
Inclement weather did not
deter more than 200 from at-
tending the dinner meeting and
the Israeli guest called it
"remarkable testimony of our
people's dedication by having
defied hazardous conditions of
the inclement weather" to join
in a great humanitarian under-
taking.
Sharett's deep concern in
the extension of educational
activities among Jews every-
where was evidenced by his
having extended his visit here
to be able to appear before
youth groups at the Jewish
Center on Thursday afternoon
and by his participation in a
discussion session, in Hebrew,
from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday,
with students of Midrasha, the
College of Jewish Studies of
the United Hebrew Schools.
Prior to leaving the city he
was the dinner guest Thurs-
day, after the Midrasha ses-
sion, of Paul Zuckerman,
Allied Jewish Campaign chair-
man, and Mrs. Zuckerman.
The need to share the current
burdens and responsibilities
"are inherent in the destiny of
the present generation," Sharett
said. Comparing Israel's oppor-
tunities since the creation of
the Jewish State with those of
the p a s t, he described "the
destiny of collective weakness
and humiliation of the past,
when we could not solve our
own problems and were de-
pendent upon others. All we did
then was to protest indignities
and to plead for justice and
fairness. We did not have effec-
tive capacities as Jews. Basic-
ally, it was the lack of a home."
Tracing the problems that
were created for the Zionist
movement after the League of
Nations was charged with the
responsibility of setting up the
Jewish National Home in Pales-
tine and the British created
obstacles in the path of bring-
ing in what was to have been
"unlimited immigration," Shar-
ett told of the h o r r o rs that
accompanied the flight of Jews
from . the European infernos
during the Nazi regime.
He especially dwelt on the
Struma incident when a cattle
boat was equipped by Ro-
manian Jews for a flight to
Palestine and their road was
blocked by the British. The
boat, after many delays and
useless appeals to British
authorities, exploded and '749
perished. There was only one
survivor, "who was as if
selected by Providence to be
a witness to that tragedy."
Sharett said that "the little
incident pointed to the entire
tragedy of Jewish existence
in those years."
Now, he declared, the Jewish
people possesses "a sovereignty
of admission," the right to wel-
come all who wish to come to
Israel, retaining also the human
right of excluding those who are
unwanted.
"We became masters of the
keys," he declared. "They
were bloodstained keys, but
People who fly into a rage
always make a bad landing.
they became our prized pos-
session in the establishment
of the permanent place of
r e f u g e for any Jew who
wishes to go to Israel, with-
out compulsion. It is a uni-
versal asset that one country
is open to all Jews."
Sharett told of the new emer-
gencies that have arisen, of new
liquidating processes in two
portions of the globe, and he
pleaded for vastly increased
help to assure that the rescue
efforts will not fail. He said
that the two million Jews in
Israel carry two-thirds of the
burden of welcoming large num-
bers of new settlers because the
Israelis are obligated to do it by
taxation. The other third of the
responsibility is maintained by
the seven million Jews in the
United States, Canada and other
lands who are not motivated by
the taxation law, as in Israel
but for whom "the law is i
their hearts as a self-impos
assumption of an obligation n
to leave their people in t
lurch," the Israeli leader state
Paul Zuckerman, who pre-
sided, described the pre-cam-
paign fund-raising efforts and
said they set the pace in the
drive and establish "standards
for good citizenship" by creat-
ing patterns for good givin
to the great cause represe
orkers. He urged that
extra job" of special giving th
by the drive. He report
year, to meet the emergency,
the initial gifts
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in his life." He added: "We
are fortunate in this community
to have so dedicated a leader."
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Sharett Appeals to Detroit Jewry to Share Mounting
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