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Jews In A Post-War World
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incuts for guaranteeing fair treatment
to all minorities, ami international
and governmental assistance in re
construction and emigration of vic
tims of nazism. The Revisionists in
clude the demand for the recognition
of the Jewish jieople as one of the
members of the l nited Nations and
of the Jewish State in Palestine as a
war aim of the Allies. I he anti-Zion
ist view needs no further elucidation.
The non-Zionists have not vet placed
themselves on record. It is hojwd that
the present negotiations between Zion
ists ami non-Zionists will result in
mutual understanding and common
action.
In the area of reconstruction prob
lems. I should like to stress one more
important point, namely, the problem
of what I choose to call the cultural-
ps\chological refugee. Ry this term I
refer to people who will find it impos
sible to remain in their original or
new places of residence, not liecause
of economic or political reasons, hut
because of their refusal to live in
countries where tliev suffered persecu
tion or where they are unable to ad
just themselves culturullv or reli
giously .
I he doors should he opened to Jews
of (iermanv and Poland, who are too
sensitive to li\e amidst former Nazis
or Kndeks and to Zionists ami ortho
dox Jews of the Soviet l nion, who,
although they enjoy their political
and economit equalitv, fed that the\
cannot continue to live in a social or
der which bars communication with
their brethren abroad, forbids the
perpetuation of the Hebrew language,
ami makes it diliicult to raise their
children in their own faith. Such peo-
ple require freedom of both emigra
tion and immigration, which ought to
be established by international agree
ment without reference to race, creed
or nationality.
I he most important condition for
the reconstruction of the |»ost-war
world will he the ability on the part
of both the democracies ami the So
viet l nion to reach some kind of a
reasonable arrangement. It would he
a tragedy, and a harbinger of world
chaos, if the I nited Nations were to
go each its own way after the achieve
ment of victory. The return of Soviet
leadership to a jndicy of isolationism
from the Western democracies, and,
what may he worse, to the principles
of the Comintern, would only result
in u fascist reaction in main coun
tries. On the other hand, if Commun
ist leadership will acknowledge the
right of the W estern democracies to
reconstruct their social s\ stems in
their own gradualist wav, humanity
is hound to enter a new era of social
progress. 1 he Soviet l nion has a
great deal that is worth emulating bv
the democracies, namelv. racial and
national equality and social security.
In turn, the Soviet people could learn
much from the democracies with re-
gpect to the sanctity of the human
jH-rson, civil liberties, the due process
of law ami religious and cultural
freedom.
The return of the Soviet l nion to
the democratic family of nations
would also have its significant reper-
cussions in Jewish life. First of all.
the number of J»-ws in the So\ i«*t
l nion is bound to increase following
the present war, both by accession of
territory ami by the emigration of
main Jews from Poland ami neigh
boring countries, who would he at
tracted to Russia hv economic advan
tages as well as In a desire to live
witli their relatives. \n understanding
between the Soviet I nion with the
West, would also result in the reestab
lishment of a healthy relationship
among the respective Jewish commun
ities. A beginning has been made by
radio broadcasts, relief ami diplo
matic negotiations between govern
ment authorities and Jewish bodies.
I here is no doubt that the Soviet
l nion in exercising a progressive in
fluence in the treatment of racial ami
national problems, would also he of
service in the protection of Jewish
rights. As a matter of fact, there is a
definite feeling of optimism among
Zionists, who hope that the Soviet
I nion may be of aid in facilitating
tin- upbuilding of the Jewi-li National
Home.
Nu one can foretell what kind of a
new world will emerge from the ruins
of the present war. Rut whether it will
consist of federations of nationalities,
empires, combinations of both or a
l nited States of the World, there is a
general agreement that there is hound
to he more socialization and a greater
expansion of the concept of interna
tionalism. There should he little doubt
concerning tin* ability of Jews to ad
just themselves to any economic or
der based on the principle of equality.
It is also reasonable to expect that
the present plight of the smaller cul
tural and national units under the
Nazi heel will serve to emphasize the
true values of cultural-national dif
ferences ami will help to bring about
a world that is infinitely richer than
one based on voluntary or enforced
Uleichschaltung through the adoption
of the majority ways of cultural ex
pression. Shorn of its political con
notations, such as the scramble for
territories and deprived of its imper-
ialistic aspects, such as colonial ex
ploitation of “inferior" races in F^u-
rope or elsewhere, the nationalism of
the future is bound to acquire new
liberal forms. In our country liberal
nationalism is known under the dif
ferent and broader terms of cultural
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