Sharp criticism of the Prussian government for rejecting the bill which was approved by nearly all the Prussian Jewish communities and according to which foreign Jews in Germany could be elected members of the Prussian Kehillahs, was expressed yesterday at the final session of the convention of Prussian Jewish communities by speakers of all parties. Only a few of the so-called assimilated communities are opposed to the granting of Kehillah membership rights to foreign Jews.
The convention adopted a resolution in which it expressed the hope that the new Prussian Minister of Cults, Grimme, will respect the unanimous wish of Prussian Jewry that the government accept the new Jewish law and that the government give the same financial support, in proportion to the population, to the Jewish religious bodies in Prussia as it gives to other religions. In this connection it is pointed out that the Jewish communities should get 820,000 marks annually, instead of the 200,000 marks which they are getting now.
The convention also appointed a committee to arrange a conference at which the economic problems of German Jews will be considered.
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