The recent utterances of Dr. Magnes and the Brith Shalom group about the future course of Jews in Palestine were strongly condemned by Gedaliah Bublick, president of the American Orthodox Zionist organization, Mizrachi, at a banquet of the New York Mizrachi Thursday night in the Broadway Central Hotel. Prominent orthodox rabbis spoke at the banquet, which was presided over by Jacob H. Kahn.
Mr. Bublick in his talk declared that there are none among the Mizrachi who share the Brith Shalom attitude. The Mizrachi, he said, does not despair and will refuse to barter Jewish rights and demands in Palestine for the sake of a cultural center. Orthodox Jewry, declared Mr. Bublick, has always desired that Palestine should be a place of real Jewish culture, since it says in its prayers that “from Zion goes forth the law,” but it has also desired that Palestine should be a center for the people of Israel. “The new culturists who are satisfied with a university in Palestine instead of a homeland can find no sympathy in the Mizrachi,” he stated.
Other speakers were: Rabbi Israel Rosenberg, honorary president of the Agudath Ha’Rabonim; Rabbi Zev Gold, vice-president of the Mizrachi; Rabbi Eliazar Silver, president of the Agudath Ha’Rabonim; Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, member of the Mizrachi World Executive; Rabbi Elijah Inzelbuch; Mrs. A. Goldstein, president of the Mizrachi Women’s Organization; Zevi Karp, president of Mizrachi Ha’Zair; and Edward M. Silver, president of the Council of Young Israel.
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