A joint meeting here of the Government of Israel and the executive of the World Zionist Organization yesterday, was devoted to the examination of the problems facing the Jewish people in the Diaspora, in view of the denial to Jews in certain countries of religious and cultural liberties, and of the dangerous of assimilation affecting Jewish communities elsewhere.
The members of the Zionist executive expressed the determination of the Zionist movement, while continuing to discharge its functions in the spheres of immigration, absorption and settlement in Israel, to concentrate and invigorate its efforts in the Diaspora in the fields of the education of children and youth, as well as by active participation in the activities of Jewish communities and Jewish international organizations.
A communique issued today explained that the purpose of these endeavors will be to strengthen the attachment of Jewish communities in various countries to the State of Israel as a center of their spiritual life; to enlist their effective sharing in the responsibility for the further development of the State and the safeguarding of its future; to intensify among them the consciousness of the unity of the Jewish people; to assist in the extension and development of Jewish education with a view to imparung to the young generation the values of Judaism and its spiritual heritage; to spread the knowledge of the Hebrew language and Israel’s renascent Hebrew culture; and to awaken and cultivate the mental readiness and active desire to settle in Israel.
“On behalf of the Government of Israel, the Prime Minister expressed his agreement with this analysis of the situation and the program of action entailed thereby, of which the primary aimis the preservation of the identity and unity of Jewish people in all the lands of the dispersion, and the strengthening of its emotional and material ties with the State of Israel,” the communique said. “It was agreed that the effort aiming at the enhancement of the Zionist spirit in Jewish life is a matter of joint concern for the State of Israel and the World Zionist Organization. Consequently, the Government gave expression to its vital interest in the Zionist executive’s plan of action in the Diaspora and its readiness to lend full assistance to its realization. “
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