A resolution to raise $25,000 in the United States for the purpose of establishing a cooperative printing shop in Palestine to publish books and publications in Yiddish was adopted Sunday at a conference called by the League for the Protection of Yiddish Rights in Palestine. The conference lasted for two days, and was attended by a number of representatives of cultural and labor organizations in the United States.
The conference also adopted a resolution of protest against the persecution of Yiddish in Palestine and against the Histadruth, the Palestine Labor party, for not permitting its members to utilize the Yiddish language at a time when the Histadruth is raising funds in America and other countries among Yiddish speaking masses.
Other resolutions adopted demand that the Histadruth also conduct cultural work in Yiddish in addition to its work in Hebrew, and should introduce the teaching of Yiddish in its schools of Palestine.
Another resolution calls for the withdrawal of the Histadruth order which prohibits its members from using Yiddish at open meetings after a two-year residence in Palestine.
An executive was elected at this conference comprising representatives of cultural organizations and labor unions.
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