(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)
M. Sylvain Levi, President of the Alliance Israelite, opening a meeting held here for the purpose of considering the welfare of the Jewish immigrants in France, spoke of the work which has been done by the Foyer Francais in facilitating the assimilation and naturalization of aliens, including the Jewish immigrants. In spite of the very archaic method in which the work of naturalization is still being conducted, the Foyer Francais has succeeded in facilitating the naturalization of a certain number of their co-religionists. Circumstances now require that a special organization be created to work at the side of the Foyer Francais for the purpose of encouraging alien Jews to become imbued with the French spirit and to become naturalized.
M. Israel Levi, the Grand Rabbi of France, said that the new body would work for the instruction of alien Jews resident in France. It would propagate the knowledge of French. It would see whether the foreign children had any special disposition for study, and it would prepare the sound and useful elements with a view to their naturalization.
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