(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)
The difficult economic position in the towns has led to a growth of nationalist and semi-Menshevist feeling among the Jewish proletariat, says the Bureau of the District Party Committee in Kiev in a resolution it has adopted on the work to be carried on among the Jewish masses.
“The result,” the resolution proceeds, “is a revival of small bourgeoisie and clericalist influence among the Jewish population. An intensive campaign must, therefore, be carried on in order to enlighten the Jewish masses concerning the anti-Soviet and counter-revolutionary character of Zionism in all its forms. All the Jewish nationalist philanthropic institutions must be suppressed and the Jewish poor in the towns provided for by the town administrations. At the same time, there must be a vigorous campaign to make clear to the non-Jewish masses the counter-revolutionary character of anti-Semitism and repressive measures must be taken by the Soviet authorities against anti-Semitic hooliganism.”
RABBI M.S. MARGOLIES FETED ON SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY
A dinner in honor of Rabbi M. S. Margolies, dean of the orthodox rabbinate in this country, on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday anniversary and his fiftieth year as a rabbi, was given Monday night by the Executive Committee of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Yeshiva at the 71st Regiment Armory. The dinner was attended by a large number of friends and followers of the Rabbi as well as numerous representatives of synagogues in New York and other cities.
Samuel Levy acted as toastmaster and among the speakers were Rabbi Israel Rosenberg, Dr. Bernard Revel, president of the faculty of the Yeshiva, Rabbi Lookstein, Harris L. Selig and others. The speakers reviewed the achievements of Rabbi Margolies and extolled his great learning.
Following the address of Harris L. Selig, the sum of $30,000 was pledged by those present for the Yeshiva College of America and the Teachers’ Institute of the Yeshiva, which has been named after Rabbi Margolies.
Rabbi Margolies is rabbi of Congregation Kehillath Jeshurun of New York and is the honorary president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis.
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