A resolution to launch an educational campaign against anti-Semitism in cooperation with Christian groups was adopted today by the women’s division of the American Jewish Congress at the close of a two-day convention at the Hotel Roosevelt.
An interfaith group is to be formed to refute anti-Jewish charges, acquaint the American public with the contributions of Jews and other minority groups and make clear that promotion of hate doctrines is “a potential threat to minority groups in this country and to the democratic institutions of the United States.”
In its campaign, the women’s division will seek to place literature in public and college libraries, for which a special fund will be raised.
The convention also decided to launch a campaign to gain 50,000 members, approved creation of a central, democratic body of American Jews and, charging the Polish Government with responsibility for anti-Jewish disorders, invited American public opinion to join in a protest against the riots.
A resolution on Palestine voiced “unalterable opposition to any scheme that would detract from the idea of Palestine as the Jewish homeland capable of affording refuge to the Jewish masses so tragically in need of a home.”
A resolution on Nazi Germany called for re-intensification of the boycott movement, specifically asking the end of the system of exchange of students and professors with the Reich and support of the House bills on labeling of foreign merchandise.
Mrs. Stophon S. Wise was re-elected president of the division and Mrs. Sol Rosenbloom, honorary president.
The convention closed with a dinner tonight in honor of Mrs. Bernard Deutsch, treasurer, with Mayor LaGuardia, Dr. John H. Finley, editor-in-chief of the New York Times, and Dr. Stephen S. Wise as scheduled speakers.
Mrs. Deutsch urged Jewish women of America to “join the fight for the defense of the Jewish status, not simply for the sake of their suffering fellow Jews in Europe, but for the maintenance of the security of their own household today and tomorrow.”
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