A convention of the World Organization of Hungarian Jews, concluding here today, adopted a resolution calling on the Hungarian Government to permit Hungarian Jews to emigrate to Join their families in Israel.
The convention, attended by 200 delegates, representing 300, 000 Hungarian Jews in 16 countries, also requested that Hungary would, in the future, permit Jews in Hungary to maintain their own religious and cultural institutions, including a rabbinical seminary, Jewish schools, and Jewish press. The convention expressed regret over the fact that no delegates had been permitted to come to the session from Hungary.
Still another resolution urged that Germany pay compensation to victims of nazism still living in countries behind the Iron Curtain. Other resolutions deplored “the resurgence of anti-Semitism” in various countries, and called for the punishment of war criminals who have thus far escaped prosecution. Dr. P. Gorog, of New York, was elected president of the World Organization, and Yehuda Spiegel, of Israel, was chosen chairman of the organization’s Israeli branch.
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