Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 210

Propaganda meetings have been held in Strasbourg, Metz and Nancy, and the speakers have included MM. Waldmann, Kurt Blumenfeld, Gronemann, Rabbi Hirschler (Mulhouse), Hermann ànd Naiditch. Several propaganda meetings with the co-operation of members of the Committee of the District Union have taken place in almost all societies, and Messrs. Bornstein and Weizberger of Basel have taken part in this work. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Herzl's death a memorial service was held in the principal synagogue in Strasbourg, at which an address was given by Chief Rabbi I. Schwartz. The weekly La Tribune Juive, which appears in Strasbourg, is pro-Zionist. We have lately begun to issue Le Sioniste, which is to. appear once a month. Apart from this, an internal news bulletin is circulated to leading members of the societies at intervals of three to six weeks. There is a news service, which regularly supplies the general press with news and articles. The number of Shekolim sold was 779 in 5693, and 685 in 5694. The income of the Keren Hayesod in 5693 was 89,250 frs. and 95,200 frs. in 5694. The income of the Keren Kayemeth in 5693 was 159,548.45 frs. and in 5694 170,267.75 frs. The sum of 70,000 frs. was raised for the training of Chaluzirn. Courses in Jewish history and Zionist ideology are held in the various local societies, and in most of them there are also courses for Hebrew. In Strasbourg there is a Hebrew-speaking evening twice a week. The Zionist Society in Strasbourg has opened a reading room on its premises and intends establishing a library. It may be said in general that the Zionist work in Eastern France has made considerable progress in recent years, but it must be added that there are still large circles of Jews in Alsace and Lorraine which are indifferent to the Zionist cause and, to some extent, even opposed to it. GREAT BRITAIN. The Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland consists of 122 Zionist Societies (as compared with 93 last year), 61 Synagogues (as compared with 49 last year), and 48 Friendly Societies (as compared with 28 last year), making a total of 231 constituent bodies (as compared with 170 last year). The Zionist Federation includes two subsidiary federal bodies, namely, the Federation of Women Zionists and the Federation of Zionist Youth. Since the last Congress, the Federation has held its Thirtyfourth and Thirty-fifth Annual Conferences. At the last Annual Conference held in May, 1935, the following Hon. Officers and Executive were elected : — President, Dr. Chaim Weizmann; Hon. Vice-Presidents, Lord Melchett and Dr. M. D. Eder; Chairman of the Executive, the 210