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(Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, J.T.A.)
(Copyright 1970, JTA Inc.)
U.S.'JEWISH ENVOYS: From the very beginning of its establish-
ment during World War I, the Joint Distribution Committee has intro-
duced the system of sending units of experienced American Jewish
social- workers to countries abroad where the organization conducts
relief operations.
'I have been privileged to be in close touch with all of these top
emissaries, beginning with the late Dr. Boris Bogen who headed the
first JDC unit in Poland immediately after World War I, and who
established an enviable record for himself and for the JDC in Europe:
Outstanding among all the JDC leading men overseas during the
years, are—in my book—three personalities who had been looked
upon by Jewish communities in Europe not only as providers of relief
but also as "ambassadors" of American Jewry.
They are Dr. Bernard Kahn, who directed with great distinction
the JDC work in Europe between the two world wars; Dr. Joseph
Rosen, who headed the Agrojoint in the Soviet Union settling 300.300
"declassed" Jews on land in the Ukraine and in Crimea; and Dr.
Joseph J. Schwartz, who directed the JDC relief and rehabilitation
programs in Europe and North Africa in the most difficult period of
World War II and in the post-war years. Dr. Schwartz also brought
out the entire Jewish population from distant Yemen, where the Jews
lived in degradation for centuries--as well as the Jews from Libya,
Iraq and other Arab countries—to a free and productive life in Israel.
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professor of Jewish history, has
been appointed- dean of the faculty
of humanities, social sciences, and
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was highly respected by Jewish leaders all over Europe and in Pales- Historical Society Forms
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operations. In pre-war Germany he was considered among the most torians to head a committee which
outstanding Jewish figures. He brought great prestige to American will formulate plans for the so-
Jewry.
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Dr. Schwartz, who carried the heavy burden of the JDC work over- observance of the bicentennial of
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seas in the most tragic years in Jewish history, resembles Dr. Rosen the American Revolution in 1976.
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in many respects. To Jews in Europe in the years of World War II,
Dr. Abram L. Sachar, noted his-
he was more than "ambassador" of American Jewry. He was the torian and chancellor of Brandeis
savior of tens of thousands of them from Hitler's hands by helping University, will direct the work of
them to emigrate to countries where they found safety. After the fall the society's Committee of '76.
of the Nazi regime, he lost no time in bringing aid to Jewish survivors
He will be assisted by Dr. Jacob
in the Nazi camps and in restoring their lives to human conditions.
R. Marcus of the Hebrew Union
Dr. Schwartz, who was "loaned" by the JDC to the United Jewish College-Jewish Institute of Reli-
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"drafted" by the Israel Bond Organization to become its executive Dr. Oscar Handlin of Harvard, a
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian.
vice-president—has now returned to the JDC, his "old love."
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The committee, which will in-
Retiring from hiS post in Israel Bonds after 15 years marked by
constant success of the bond campaign, Dr. Schwartz accepted a JDC clude leading figures of American
invitation to become active again in the organization to which he de- Jewry, is now being formed and
voted so many years in the most critical time in Jewish history. An will hold its firSt meeting Sept. 20.
office has been established for him in the JDC headquarters where he
will have his seat and act as adviser—on a voluntary basis—on the
worldwide programs of the American Jewish relief organization.
This will be a labor of love for him. He will be working in an
atmosphere of admiration among co-workers who always had the high-
Sept. 13 (11 to 4 p.m.)
est regard for him. It will be, for him, like returning home from a
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prolonged absence. Incidentally, Dr. Schwartz has never been com-
pletely divorced from the JDC. He was one of the JDC vice-chairmen
even during the years of his service in the UJA and in the Israel
Bond Organization. He is a vice-chairman now.
In reactivating him, Louis Broido and Samuel L. Haber, chairman
and executive vice-chairman of the JDC, respectively, have shown
how alert they are to the interests of the organization. Communal
experiences of a person like Dr. Schwartz always contribute to good
guidance and consultation. Especially when the person devoted so many
years of his life to the work in which the organization is engaged.
Whether he was inside the JDC or outside. Dr. Schwartz was always
part-and-parcel of the organization.
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ECHOES FROM POLAND: Speaking of JDC aid, we now have an
interesting report on the Jews in Poland presented by Louis D. Hur-
witz, Director-General for JDC work overseas.
Mr. Horwitz establishes that of the 3,500,030 Jews who lived in pre-
war Poland there are today only about 8,000 left in the country, fol-
lowing the expulsion of 12,000 since the start of the anti-Semitic cam-
paign there more than three years ago. Most of the Jews who remained
are old, sick and destitute. About a half of the number of the expelled
have been assistedby the JDC in Vienna, Rome and Paris while wait-
ing for their visas to the United States, Canada and other Western
countries. The rest proceeded to Israel immediately upon leaving
Poland.
The emigration from Poland has now come to a trickle not only
because most of the .Jews there have already left, but also be-cause
the government is now making great difficulties in issuing exit visas
for mixed marriages where the husband is non-Jewish. The JDC is
now aiding more than 300 Jews from Poland who are still in Europe—
most of them in Rome—waiting for their immigration visas to coun-
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Year-in-Israel Marks Seminary Program
JERUSALEM—Ninety-five rab-
binic students of Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Re-
ligion are studying this year at
the college's Biblical and Arch-
eological School here.
Sixty-six of them are members
of the incoming class, the first
for which the prescribed course
of studies starts with a year in
Israel.
The aim of the Year-in-Israel
program is two-fold. It enables the
students to acquire a high degree
of facility in Hebrew and provides
them with a maximum of opportuni-
ties to gain a well-founded under-
standing and appreciation of the
land and people of Israel.
Concentration on the study of
the Hebrew language, special trips
to all parts of Israel, contact with
Israeli students and work sessions
with Israeli leaders in many fields
mark the program laid out for the
rabbinic students.
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