European Jews, the majority of whom hesitated immediately after the war to recognize American Jewry as the main source of Jewish spiritual life, today look upon the Jews of the United States as the major Jewish community in the world, upon whom the future of all aspects of Jewish life depends, Dr. Leon Kubowitzki, general secretary of the World Jewish Congress, told a press conference today, following his return from a two-month visit to Europe.
Estimating that about 1,000,000 Jewish children were exterminated by the Nazis, Dr. Kubowitzki said that Jewish organizations must provide a proper Jewish education and environment for those children who during the war were sheltered by non-Jewish families and institutions. Some of these children object to leaving a comfortable Christian home for inferior Jewish accommodations. Children must have first priority on relief funds, he stressed.
Reporting on the situation of the approximately 200,000 Jews in the camps for displaced persons, Dr. Kubowitzki said that in addition to the 100,000 for whom admission to Palestine is sought, at least 50,000 should be admitted to France, Belgium and the Scandinavian countries.
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