Word: zionistic
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...Jewry was urged last week, as it is annually, to give its mite to rebuild the Jewish National Home in Palestine. Not all Jews approve or understand the politico-emotional band which is the World Zionist Organization, but all may contribute to the Jewish Agency, which includes Zionists and non-Zionists. Quota this year is $2,500,000, of which one million is to be raised in New York City...
Anniversary, Ten years ago next May the Lodge-Fish resolution, favoring the Jewish National Home, was introduced in Congress. In September it was approved by President Harding, became a public resolution. No one could possibly object to the U. S. Government giving official notice to the Zionist program. No one, either, could anticipate much practical result from it. But an anniversary is a good time for a checkup. What are the accomplishments of a decade in Palestine? World Jewry has sent $220,000,000 there since 1921. Of this the U. S. gave $100,000,000. Eretz Israel ("Land...
...more than tolerated him. Reasons:1) he was the "comedian" (not the hero) of the strip, surrounded by un-caricatured Jewish characters; 2) he was preferable to the oldtime stage comic Jew who wore beard and derby, talked with his hands. A colyum in the current issue of The Zionist comments on his change of locale: "Here is where the Graphic gets our daily two cents." Two months ago many a Jewish weekly printed an editorial for the 18th birthday...
...Haim, Jewish member of the Persian Parliament and acting president of the Zionist Organization of Persia, was arrested for writing a letter to the League of Nations complaining of the treatment of Jews in Persia. Persia's Shah, Riza Pahlevi. who stands no nonsense, summoned Zionist leaders, ordered them to make a full retraction of their charges. Zionist Haim said that he would, on condition that persecution of Jews cease, that the Chief of Police be dismissed...
...unfortunate suggestion. The Chief of Police is a member of the royal family. Zionist Haim was charged with sedition, conspiracy, lese majeste, and sentenced to death. Through the years Jewish organizations all over the world have attempted to intercede on behalf of Mr. Haim...