Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
גשר; כתב-עת לעניינים יהודיים
Angaben zur Quelle:
120 (תשן) 78-94
Keywords:
הקונגרס היהודי העולמי
;
Jews History 1939-1945
Abstract:
The American Jewish Conference was an umbrella organization set up in 1943 whose purpose was to prepare for the rehabilitation of European Jewry after the war and their settlement in Eretz Israel. Examines the disagreements which surfaced, particularly between the Zionists and non-Zionists, concerning rescue efforts. The World Jewish Congress and Jewish Labor Committee demanded a more vigorous rescue policy, while most of the other organizations (ca. 34 in number) gave priority to securing a Zionist solution for the postwar era. At the first convention, in August 1943, it was decided to establish a permanent Rescue Committee, but it had no power to act independently and accomplished little. Discusses the factors influencing American Jewish leaders in regard to rescue policy, among them a reluctance to criticize American policy for fear of unleashing a wave of antisemitism. Discusses, also, the American Jewish Committee's objections to the Zionist bent of the Conference, and its withdrawal in September 1943, which seriously damaged the Conference's image as the representative of American Jewry, particularly in the eyes of the U.S. administration.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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