The question as to whether a special Jewish instructor is actually needed in Moscow to continue the work of the dissolved Yevsektzia (Jewish branch of Communist party), has caused a split in the ranks of the local Jewish Communists, according to a report here. The opponents to the plan of continuing the Jewish instructor at the local soviet argued that Moscow is not a city of Jews where the work of the abolished Yevsektzia should be continued by a special instructor, as the Communist Party planned.
They emphasized that the Jewish workers in Moscow are mostly Russianized, that Moscow has but one small Yiddish school and one insignificant Jewish Communist club, and that doing work for the Jewish minority in Moscow is like “adding a fifth wheel to a wagon.” They therefore demand that the Moscow regional soviet should have no special instructor.
This demand, which would be a heavy blow to the group represented by the “Emes,” former Yevsektzia organ, is opposed in today’s issue of that paper which says in part:
“Moscow has a national minority population of 600,000 which is entitled to service.” In an effort to refrain from antagonizing the opposition, the “Emes” appeals to it to desist from spreading pessimistic ideas regarding the lack of necessity for a Jewish instructor and begs them to abolish their stand.
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