A fifth question addressed to the United Nations will be added to the traditional four questions asked at the Workmen’s Circle’s “third seder”, to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel tomorrow. Addressed to the “Peoples of the World, United Nations. N.Y.,” the question will focus its attention on resurgent anti-Semitism in Poland. After an historical recounting of the decimation of the Jewish community in Poland by the Nazis, the question will be posed: “Why, on this anniversary of the Human Rights Declaration–while the last tragic chapter of Polish Jewry unfolds before our eyes–are the peoples of the world silent? Why do you not speak out, where is your voice, your conscience? More than 2,000 persons were expected to attend the service.
The Israel Histadrut Campaign is sponsoring “third seders” across the country. In New York, the event sponsored by the Greater New York Histadrut Council, will hear Israeli Minister Shlomo Argov. Some 2,000 were expected Saturday at the Waldorf-Astoria. An empty chair on the dais will be reserved for the “absent Russian Jews” as a symbolic reference to the Soviet Union’s Jewish community which is not free to celebrate religious festivals. The 60th anniversary of the founding of Hashomer (the Guard) will be observed; Hashomer was the first modern self-defense organization in Palestine. Guest of honor at the Providence, R.I. “third seder” will be the newly-elected Governor, Frank Licht, a Jew.
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