American Jewish organizations, religious as well as political, continued today to protest the Communist anti-Jewish drive in Eastern Europe. They urged the United States to take the lead in fighting the Soviet policy and called on American Jews to assist the Jews in Eastern Europe.
The Synagogue Council of America, representative of Orthodox, Conservative and Reform congregations, appealed to U.S. leaders to make such representations in the “United Nations as may dissuade the Communist Governments from pursuing such terroristic policies. ” It also urged congregations to pray regularly for the safety of the Jews in the Communist countries.
“The Communist leaders have now openly adopted the old Nazi policy of attacking Jews simply because they are Jews. The reports emanating from Soviet controlled countries make plain that mass deportations, enslavement and threats of violence today endanger the very existence of the two-and-a-half million Jews trapped behind the Iron Curtain, ” the Synagogue Council declared.
The Pioneer Women, in a statement issued by its national board, urged the United Nations “to exert its influence to obtain the release of Jews in the Soviet Union and in the satellite countries so that they may find a life of freedom in the State of Israel. ” The organization also suggested that Britain and the United States be asked to use their good offices to combat the Soviet drive.
The Mizrachi Women’s Organization of America appealed to President Eisenhower to intervene in the rescue and safeguarding of the 2,500,000 Jews in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The organization asked that the President write to the Soviet Chief of State “urging him to allow the emigration of the remaining Jewish population of Russia.” It also asked Mr. Eisenhower to instruct the U.S. delegate at the United Nations to support such measures if they come before the General Assembly of the U.N.
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