J. D. B. News Letter

The group, Et Livnot, has opened an office in London, at 73, Staverton Road, N. W. 2. The Et Livnot movement goes back to before the war. It found expression in a book under the title “Et Livnot-in memory of Herzl,” which appeared in June, 1924 in Kieff, the authors of which were the late W. Zelikin and I. Pisarevsky.

The ideas of Et Livnot were further developed in a volume “The Colonization of Palestine and our National Aims” by I. Pisarevsky published at the beginning of 1918, in the organ of the movement, also entitled Et Livnot, and in a series of publications which continued to appear until the advent of the Bolshevik Government. During the last few months it has revived its activities in this country, and many prominent Zionists have expressed their sympathy with its aims and work. Mr. Pisarevsky, who is now living in London, is the chairman of the Et Livnot, and Mr. S. Landman, formerly general secretary of the Zionist World Organization, is the secretary.

Articles expressing the policy of Et Livnot have appeared in Hebrew in “Haolom” by “Ahad Habonim” (nom de plume of Mr. Pisarevsky) and in English in the “New Judea,” the “Pioneer” and “Young Zionist” by S. Landman and I. Pisarevsky. Systematic activities have been commenced among University and other young Zionist Societies with the object of training them in the principles of Zionism and their application in practice.

The objects of the movement are set out in two of its recent publications, one entitled “The Long View’ and the other “Our Programme” which have appeared in London in Hebrew and English. The principal planks in its platform are the following: (1) Nation above class or party; (2) Jewish majority in Palestine creating there its characteristic culture; (3) colonization of Palestine on national and not philanthropic or mere profit-seeking lines and finding its fullest expression in Jewish labor upon the land of the Jewish National Fund; (4) in regard to private undertakings the economic policy of the Zionist institutions must be such as to secure that Jewish labor only shall be employed;

(5) Cultivation of the Hebrew language in all spheres of life in Palestine; (6) as the realization of Zionism is not a matter of one generation but of several, the Zionist Organization while attending to the immediate needs of Palestine should devote itself to rebuilding the nation by a system of Zionist education of the rising generation of Jews outside Palestine; (7) supremacy of the Zionist Congress and strengthening the Zionist Organization which embodies the Zionist idea (Continued on Page 4) (Continued from Page 3)

(9) Political Safeguards. As the success of the political work of Zionism depends on the extent of Jewish achievement in Palestine the strength and capacity for self-sacrifice of organized Zionism outside Palestine and the sense of justice and fair play of the non-Jewish world, it is the duty of the Executive of the Zionist Organization (a) to utilize to the full the possibilities already existing for Jewish development in Palestine; (b) to take effective measures as authorized by the Zionist Congress to secure the fulfillment by organized Zionists of their financial obligations to the movement, (c) to create a well-informed public opinion, both Jewish and non-Jewish concerning the frequent violation by the Palestine administration of the letter and the spirit of the Mandate and to bring to bear the pressure of such public opinion on the competent authorities in order to effect the necessary radical changes.