An effort to organize Roumanian Jewry on a nationalistic basis is under way, according to an announcement made by the Club of Jewish Deputies in the Roumanian parliament, comprising mainly Deputies elected on the Zionist ticket.
At a mass meeting called in Bucharest under the auspices of the Club, a decision was taken to convoke a Jewish Congress in Old Roumania for the purpose of creating a national Jewish party which would be in opposition to the policy of the Union of Roumanian Jews, a non-Zionist body under the presidency of Dr. William Filderman. The larger aim of this move is said to be the organization of the Jewish communities in Greater Roumania on a national basis. Action to oppose this movement was taken by Dr. William Filderman, who convoked a mass meeting for Saturday night, March 30, at the Czernowitz Jewish National House.
The Jewish deputies simultancously declared that Roumanian Jewry will soon have the benefit of Jewish schools supported by the state as well as the establishment of a teachers’ seminary.
The new citizenship law which will be favorable to the Jewish population will soon be promulgated.
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