The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, central representative Jewish body, is preparing to take court action against a Sydney periodical, Smith’s Weekly, for making anti-Semitic statements about Australian Jews, Saul Symonds, president of the Council, revealed here.
The publication attacked the Youth Aliyah movement, alleging that Australian Jews who supplied financial support for the immigration drive were “compelled” to contribute “heavy levies” to fight the British. It also advocated a government inquiry into the activities of organizations which raise funds in behalf of Palestine. Symonds denied the charges in a statement to the press.
A nation-wide three-day conference of the Zionist organization concluded here during the week-end with the adoption of resolutions supporting the Jewish Agency and the Palestine Jewish community. Anglican Bishop C.V. Pilcher sent a message of encouragement to the conference expressing the hope that a U.N. decision on Palestine will “inaugurate a new period for Judaism in its own homeland.” Horace Newman was elected president of the organization.
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