Four anti-Jewish bills offered by anti-Semitic deputies are included in the agenda of the new Sejm (lower house) which will convene shortly, it was learned today. The bills call for complete prohibition of shechita, Jewish ritual method of slaughtering animals, which is now under partial proscription; requisition of Jewish-owned property for commercial and industrial purposes; a ban on changing of Jewish surnames and safeguarding of the Polish character of merchandise labels.
Meanwhile, kosher meat has been unavailable to Warsaw Jews for two days because of a revision of the Warsaw quota under the present law curbing shechita. The recent promise made by the Agriculture Ministry to Jewish parliamentarians to restore the original quota has not yet been fulfilled and the new April quota has already been exhausted.
Employes of all Jewish newspapers staged an “air defense loan” rally here which symbolized Polish Jewish unity in defense of the Republic. Attending the meeting were journalists representing all Jewish organizations, from the religious Agudath Israel to the Bund, Jewish Socialist party.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
