British War Secretary Emanuel Shinwell, addressing a Jewish educational gathering here today, urged British Jews “to fortify the Jews in Israel practically and spiritually.” At the same time, he said that “while (we are) proud of our successes, we must not be arrogant.”
The Secretary declared that his last association with Jewish education was 50 years ago when he attended a private Jewish Orthodox school. It was in this “Cheder,” he said, that he learned that “one should be proud to be a Jew, whether others like it or not.”
Israel has emerged from the “shadows of past years,” and this Is a “great miracle,” he asserted. The Jews of Israel, he continued, have demonstrated courage, faith and a capacity to stand up against all opposition. Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie and other prominent Jews attended the gathering, which marked the tenth anniversary of the Jewish secondary school movement in England.
Dr. Joseph Burg, deputy speaker of the Israeli parliament who is now visiting here, today met Speaker Clifton Brown of the House of Commons and discussed various problems of parliamentary procedure. A tea party in honor of Dr. Burg, later tendered in the House of Commons, was attended by the Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan and about forty members of parliament.
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