In proportion to their numbers in the population, more Jews are serving in the British armed forces than men of any other religious faith, it was stated here today by Lord Strabolgi, Laborite peer, addressing a ball at Grosvenor House for Jewish servicemen and women. of the British and Allied forces. Were this and similar facts given proper publicity, they would put a stop to the growth of anti-Semitism, he said.
The contribution of Jewish communities to the Allied war effort, Lord Strabolgi continued, sarcastically, “is the best kept secret of the war.” “We hear nothing,” he declared, “of the 30,000 Jewish soldiers who served in all the campaigns of the Eighth Army; we have seen nothing published of the great role that Jewish industry and agriculture in Palestine played in supplying the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth armies, (The last two armies comprise the British forces in the Middle East.) In the darkest days of the war, when the Empire fought alone, Jews everywhere rallied to its cause, ” he concluded.
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