An agreement has been concluded between the government of Paraguay and the Emergency Committee for War Torn, European Rabbinical Seminaries, for the establishment of a refugee colony in Paraguay, it was revealed at the third annual convention of the Agudas Israel by Rabbi Eliezer Silver of Cincinnati, president of the organization.
The agreement provides for the creation of a settlement for several hundred students of Rabbinical Seminaries from eastern Europe who are how refugees in Japan and China. The students will devote only part of their time to continuance of Talmudic studies, under the guidance of their rabbis and deans, while the rest of the time will be spent on practical agricultural training and farm work.
The Agudas Israel and the Emergency Committee for War Torn European Rabbinical Seminaries are now in constant touch with leading Jewish philanthropical organizations in this country with the view of providing funds for establishment of the Paraguayan colony and similar ones in several countries of the western hemisphere, Dr. Silver said.
Rabbi Isaac Lewin, famous Polish scholar, urged the convention to start a campaign for the outlawing of anti-Semitism as a danger to the non-Jewish world. “Until now, “Rabbi Lewin said, “we were forced to fight against injustice. In the future we will have to start a struggle for the Jews and their rights.”
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