The “increasingly dangerous situation” of Algerian Jewry calls for stepped-up efforts by Anglo-Jewry to help the French Jewish organizations to cope with the great influx of Algerian Jewish immigration into France, the Board of Deputies of British Jews was told at its monthly meeting here today.
Alderman A. Moss, senior vice-president of the Board, presiding in the absence of Sir Barnett Janner, the president, noted that the Deputies “are aware of the terrible incidents that are taking place in Algeria daily.” “Emigration appears to be the only hope for Algerian Jewry, ” he stated. “This fact presents great problems for the welfare and social organizations, as well as for the Jewish religious and educational bodies in France which need all the help Anglo-Jewry can give in order that these new refugees, arriving now in France, be provided for, not only materially but also spiritually. “
Mr. Moss said that Sir Barnett, now attending a Zionist conference at Amsterdam, would take the opportunity, while abroad, to discuss with other Jewish leaders the actions that can be taken to meet the problem.
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