The final decision with regard to the projected creation of an All-German Federation of Jewish Communities is to be taken at the Fifth Conference of the Federation of Prussian Jewish Communities, which is opening here on February 3rd in the former Upper Chamber of the Prussian Parliament.
In accordance with the draft Constitution to be submitted to the meeting, the formation of the German Federation depends on the adhesion of the Prussian and the Bavarian Federations of Jewish Communities. The Bavarian Federation has already agreed to join, and the Council of the Prussian Federation has also approved the draft Constitution. All that now remains to be done for the Federation to come into being is that the plenary Assembly of the Prussian Federation of Jewish Communities should approve the Constitution. The other Federations of Jewish Communities in the various German States are confidently expected to join.
According to the draft Constitution, the new Federation is to be a linking up body to which the existing Federations will become affiliated, and not, as was urged in some quarters, a new organization to be elected by the votes of the Jewish population throughout Germany.
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