Despite all Polish Government efforts to check anti-Semitism, it continues to increase, Dr. Arieh Tartakower, chairman of the Israel executive of the World Jewish Congress, reported here today following his return from a visit to Warsaw. The chief sufferers from the new wave of Polish anti-Semitism, he declared, are the schoolchildren.
Dr. Tartakower, who was in Poland on behalf of the WJC, praised the Polish authorities for their “liberal attitude” toward Jewish values and culture. He reported that the Jewish Cultural and Literary League has decided to introduce Hebrew in the curriculum of the seven Jewish schools in the country. He said the Polish Jewish literary publication “Blotter” is now publishing works by Russian Jews which otherwise would not be printed because there are no Jewish publications in the USSR.
Polish Jewry, approximately 50,000 strong, he revealed, will shortly affiliate with the Congress. The WJC leader said that 25,000 more Polish Jews are expected to be repatriated from the USSR, with the assistance of Jewish organizations in Poland.
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