Rabbi Fischman met during his stay in Vienna, the famous Hassidic Rabbi of Czortkov, Rabbi Israel Friedmann, a prominent member of the Agudath Israel, who assured him, the J.T.A. representative learns, that he is convinced that it is the duty of all Jews, without distinction of party, to co-operate in the political and to co-operate in the political and economic Jewish upbuilding work in Palestine. In religous and educational work, he said, the Mizrachi and the Agudath Israel ought to join in common activity, so that religious Jewishness in Palestine should be strengthened by their united efforts.
Rabbi Friedmann further expressed his opinion that there can be no successful Jewish political activity in Palestine if there is going to be a Legislative Council set up now. He was sure, he said, that no Jew belonging to the old Yishub would participate in a Parliament, which he considered a calamity for the upbuilding of Palestine.
It was an urgent need, he added, that the well-to-do Jews in the lands of the Diaspora should invest in Palestine, so that it should be possible to promote the settlement of middle-class immigrants. He gave Rabbi Fischman at the end of the interview a sum of money for providing matzoth for the Haluzim.
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