An appeal to the Soviet Government to permit the teaching of Hebrew in the U.S.S.R. and the dissemination of Hebrew books there was made here by the first World Hebrew Congress in a resolution adopted at its concluding session.
The Congress decided to establish close cooperation with the Jewish Agency and other national Jewish institutions. It declared that Hebrew is the only language that can unite the Jewish people the world over and called for the revival of Hebrew in Jewish private and public life.
The delegates also decided to establish a World Hebrew Union to implement resolutions of the Congress and approved a $100,000 budget for the first year of its activities. Preparations will also be made to establish a Hebrew Cultural Fund. Menachem Ribalow, editor of the New York Hebrew weekly, Hadoar, and Isaac Ben Zvi, of Israel, were elected presidents of the organization. Samuel J. Borowsky of New York was elected chairman.
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