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It evident, then, that Polish Jew-
far from sharing the progress
r J IeW , in most other countries. Eco-
discrimination, social prejudice,
ivil inequalities and financial bank-
r tec are the factors which make
th e future of Polish Jewry extreme-
1, uncertain.
other countries
Very few years in Jewish life are
outstanding except when unsual anti-
Jewish acts occur, or as this year—
when the extended Jewish Agency
cam e into being. The forward prog-
rt . ss j s quite slow. The past year has
witnessed a change for the better in
om . country at least which should
make lews throughout the world feel
a little easier. That country is Ru
mania. where, as a result of the as-
cendancy to the premiership of Julius
Maniu. the position of the Jews has
frrc-atly improved. Maniu has dedi
cated himself to a cleaning up of gov
ernment corruption. This indicates
he general type of the man. He has
premised to suppress every anti-Jew-
is h tendency, and the peaceful reports
that have come from Rumania during
rhi past six months indicate that he
is keeping his promise. Under such
reumstances it may be possible for
the Jewish community to develop. The
only unfortunate aspect in connection
with Rumania is the violent famine
to which Bessarabian Jew's have been
subject <luring the past year. Ade
quate help has not been forthcoming
ami hundreds are doomed.
dowry in England has always been
placid. With the exception of the
unity achieved on the Jewish Agency,
a historic act that occurred during the
past year. A greater number of Jews
than ever before was elected to the
Parliament which was returned when
the Labor Government came into
power. An item which does merit
mention is the establishment by Bern-
hard Baron before his death of a
$2,500,000 charity trust fund which
* to be distributed to Jewish and
< hristian charities alike.
The stern hand of President Hin-
denhurg and the general nature of the
Gorman Republic have prevented the
spread of anti-Semitism, although the
Hitloritios have done all in their
pouor to stimulate it. A number of
violent outbreaks was sponsored by
Hitler's followers during the latter
part of last year. On Yom Kippur
we the Jews of Oppenheim, in the
icimty of Berlin, w’ere attacked, but
the intervention of the police pre
vented any serious fatalities. On an
other occasion a mob of anti-Semitic
rowdies attacked the synagogue in
c Ruhr town of Essen. At another
une the Jewish cemetery in Eppingen,
Laden, was violated. But as a coun
tenanced, progressing movement anti-
•Vmitism in Germany is out of fash-
7. H °f interest that for the
r>t time in the history of the Ber-
n Kehillah a Zionist, George Zareski,
Uas e looted President of the Jewish
community. This indicates the grad-
Ua ‘ ransformation of German Jewry,
a -arge part of which had been violent-
> opposed to anything connected with
a e>tine. It is not improbable that
, e Wor ld-wide favorable attention
- came to Germany as a result of
ne publication of Prof. Albert Ein-
n s new field theory did much to
' anti-Jewish feeling.
Hungary still remains the dark
ftt P among the nations as far as
reatment of Jews is concerned,
numerous clausus still obtains in
- • • •' ersities, although in a modi-
Iorm • Hungary did make an at-
The Southern Israelite
tempt to appease the hostility of the
outside world, however, when Count
Klebelsberg, the Minister of Educa
tion, issued an appeal for the cessa
tion of anti-Jewish attacks engineer
ed by university students in Buda
pest and other centers.
Beginning with the first of 1930
Norway will be the second country in
the world to prohibit shechita, the
Jewish method of slaughter. Though
leading Government officials and so
distinguished a personality as Frit-
jof Nansen, the explorer, appealed to
the Norwegian Parliament not to pass
the bill, the legislators insisted on fol
lowing the example set by Switzer
land. It seems unlikely that anything
will occur to prevent the parliamen
tary measure from going into effect.
Czechoslovakia, under President
Masaryk, is like a paradise for Jews
who have before them such miserable
pictures of conditions in neighboring
countries. Jugoslavia, for example,
is the type of land which can witness
active belief in ritual murder per
formed by Jews. So violent was the
passion against Jews aroused in the
latter part of last year that martial
law was declared in Petrovo Solo and
the government had to send a commis
sion in order to protect Jews.
It is a well-known maxim in Jew
ish history that when there is nothing
to report all is well for Jewish life.
This can be said to a large extent
for the year 5689 in Jewish history.
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1924
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OVER 1924
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OVER 1924
1925
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12.5
370,086
38.5
1926
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21.1
496,223
85.5
1927
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36.2
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1928
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56.4
777,485
191.1
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