Friday, August 16, 1963—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-14
World Youth Conference in Jerusalem Rejects Zionist-Oriented Recominendations
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Ur-
gent appeals to Soviet authori-'
ties to grant Russian Jews spir-
itual and cultural freedoms
marked the closing session of
the week - long second confer-
ence of World Jewish Youth.
The 400 delegates from 39
countries decided to submit a
request to United Nations Sec-
retary General U Thant and
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush-
chev to exercise their good of-
fices on behalf of Soviet Jews.
A related resolution included
a message of fraternity and en-
couragement to Jewish youth in
the Soviet Union and an ex-
pression of a conviction that the
day was not distant when Jew-
ish youth in all countries would
be permitted to join the ranks
of organized Jewish youth.
The resolution expressed
concern over the recrudes-
cence of "rabid anti-Semitism
and neo-Nazism" and called
on Jewish youth to react res-
olutely in defense of the Jew-
ish people's honor. The dele-
gates expressed pride over
the "courageous stand" taken
by Jewish youth aaginst phys-
ical attacks by anti-Semitic
organizations in "c e r tain
countries."
The delegates urged Israeli
students abroad to acquaint
themselves with local Jewish
communities and to participate
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in their activities. The resolu-
tion noted that the interest
"currently shown by Israel
youth" in the activities of Jew-
ries of other countries was "in-
adequate."
The only other resolution
adopted by the conference call-
ed for the establishment of a
continuing consultative commit-
tee for cooperation among
world Jewish youth. This was
approved, however, only after it
was changed -from a steering
committee version calling for
the setting up of a "coordinat-
ing council." The change was
insisted on by some of the dele-
gates to assure that the new
body would have no power to
legislate or issue directives be-
tween conferences.
A series of drafts calling
for education in Jewish com-
munities outside Israel to en-
courage Zionism and immigra-
tion to Israel were adopted
as "recommendations" and not
as resolutions. That formula
was used to end the threat of
withdrawal from the confer-
ence of American youth or-
ganizations. Delegates of four
American non-Zionist groups
strongly objected to resolu
tions of Zionist content. They
declared their participation
in the conference was on con-
dition that all resolutions be
adopted unanimously. They
were Bnai Brith, Hillel,'United
Synagogue Youth and the
National Federation of Tem-
ple Youth with a total mem-
bership of 250,000.
One of the most disputed
proposed resolutions called on
Jewish educators to recognize
that "a full independent Jewish
life" was possible only in Israel,
where pioneering also offered
the possibility of creating a
new Jewish society based on
social justice.
Among the recommendations
which will be submitted by the
delegates to their respective
organizations were appeals to
Jews . who have left Cuba and
Algeria and Jews of the "disin-
tegrating" communities of Latin
America, as well as Jews who
returned to Germany, to immi-
grate to Israel, and an appeal
to Jewish organizations and
movements to recognize that
conditions in many countries
were conducive to assimilation.
The recommendation stated
that assimilation was threatened
in those countries and that, to
ward off this danger, efforts
should be made to strengthen
Jewish life in various fields
and through stronger ties to
Israel.
The Israeli delegation, which
initially had sided with the
Zionist-oriented Latin Ameri-
can and European organiza-
tions for adoption of the dis-
puted proposals as resolu-
tions, decided at the last min-
ute to support the four Amer-
ican youth group delegations.
The Americans also objected
to the exclusion of religious,
cultural and other values as
an objective of Jewish educa-
tion in communities outside
Israel from resolutions which
set down Zionism and immi-
gration to Israel as specific
objectives.
Benzion Shalom, chairman 'of
the conference organization
committee, said in a summary
statement that, despite all "pro-
cedural and other errors," the
conference had proved worth-
while.
The closing session also
heard an address by Moshe
Sharett, chairman of the Jewish
Agency executive, who said
that, while it was harder to be
a Jew today than it was for
many centuries before, "there
has never been a period in
which it was more worthwhile
to be one." He told the dele-
gates that they faced a constant
struggle against "indifference,
shallowness and apathy" and
that it was the destiny of Jew-
ish life everywhere to be "a
life of high tension, spiritually,
emotionally and intellectually."
Creation of a world coordi-
nating council of Jewish youth
organizations was recommended
at the conference.
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, presi-
dent of the World Zionist Or-
ganization, told the 400 dele-
gates from 39 countries that
"the problem of dual loyalty is
a problem which exists for
many more Jews than are will-
ing to admit it, many of them
considering it unpatriotic to
belong to a world Jewish peo-
ple."
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