Problems concerning the maintenance of essential rights of Jews and the proper adjustment to their environment under the new world condition likely to arise after the war are being studied by Research Institute on Peace and Post-War Problems established by the American Jewish Committee, according to a preliminary announcement issued by the Institute today.
The announcement states that the Institute was established as result of a report submitted by a Committee on Peace Studies which the American Jewish Committee appointed in 1940, under the chairmanship of Prof. Morris Raphael Cohen. This Committee remains the governing body of the Institute and is composed of 29 scholars and Jewish leaders. In addition there is an Advisory Council of 24 specialists in various fields and a research staff.
The Institute, of which Max Gottschalk has been appointed director, will conduct its activities in three divisions. One will deal with political, economic and social status problems, the second with migration and colonization problems, and the third with relief and reconstruction. The political, legal, economic, social and cultural situation of the Jews since the and of the last war, as well as the transitory and permanent changes brought about in Jewish life as result of Nazi rule, will be ascertained and proposals will be studied of Allied and neutral countries for post-war reconstruction, insofar as they may concern the interests of the Jewish population.
The Institute will also investigate the current political and social tendencies in the Jewish community, both in the United States and abroad, as well as the attitude of various churches towards Jewish problems. The question of Palestine in its Jewish and international aspects, including the problem of Arab-Jewish relations, will be studied by a special section of the Institute.
The Division on Migration and Colonisation will concern itself with study of potential areas for Jewish emigration and immigration, and with the various ways and means of organizing migration and settlement. The Division on Relief and Reconstruction will conduct a general study of the likely relief requirements after the cessation of hostilities and will examine the problems and methods of social, economic and communal reconstruction. It will also survey the existing Jewish relief organizations and analyze their experiences to establish the extent to which they can be equipped to cope with the various problems of relief and reconstruction in the future.
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