Talk of Communist Cells of Irreligion in Jewish Communities Resented by Polish Agudah: Agudist Deput

The phrase about Communist cells of irreligion existing in the Jewish communities in Poland in which Bundists and others who regard themselves nationally or racially as Jews, but not as members of the Jewish faith are represented under the existing Jewish Community regulations, which was used in the Seym last week by Deputy Minzberg, a Government Deputy, who is a prominent Agudist and President of the Jewish Community of Lodz (reported in the J.T.A. Bulletin of the 12th. inst.) in the course of his speech defending the now Government regulations under which the Jewish Communities are to be confined to Jews who acknowledge themselves as of the Jewish religion, has been followed by a recommendation addressed to Deputy Minzberg by the Executive of the Polish Agudath Israel, that in future he should not speak in the Seym on Jewish questions without first consulting the Political Commission of the Agudah and reaching an understanding with them on what he is going to say.

Deputy Minzberg, although a leading Agudist, was not elected on the Agudah List, as Rabbi Levin was, but on the Government List and sits in the Seym as a member of the Government Party. Rabbi Levin is the only independent Agudist Deputy in the present Seym.