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Radio Address by Cong, fed Gos&ett on "Pro and Con" April *£§^JL3l« PARTITITION OF PALESTINE Most of you know that on last November 29, the United Nations' Assembly, largely aa a result of American pressure, recommended that Palestine be partitioned, and that a sovereign Jewish nation be carved out of the mandated territory. Fortunately our representative in the Security Council reversed America* s position and the recommended partition has not been consummated. However, the cry for partition goes on. Let us, therefore, examine a few facts. Who are the Jews that demand partition? Do they have any rights to partition. Would partition: benefit them or anyone else? A campaign for a national^home for Jews has been carried on for many years by a,world wide organization of Zionists. Zionism is perhaps a natural growth. We all know that the Jews have been maligned and persecuted, Anti- Semitism has been a curse and a disease. It was Anti-Semitism that gave a mad paperhanger a sordid vehicle on which to create the Nazi Party and ride to power in Germany. The Nazi persecution of the Jews is of course the blackest page in modern history - a page that must not be repeated here or elsewhere. Let's attribute worthy motives to the Zionists. Let's assume that their clever, militant, aggressive, sometimes lawless, campaign for a Jewish nation is a form of escapism; a desire to set up a city of refuge for oppressed Jews. Is there any need for such a refuge? Would not the creation of a Jewish state defeat this objective? According to Rabbi Bernstein, Advisor to General Clay on Jewish affairs, in recent testimony before the House Committee on Immigration, there are now some eleven-million Jews in the world, distributed as follows: Almost six million in America; some 500,000 in Austria; less
Object Description
Collection Name | Jewish Community Relations Council, Boston, Massachusetts |
Collection Number | I-123 |
Dates | 1948; 1949 |
Box Number | 55 |
Folder Number | 18 |
Subjects |
Antisemitism Civil Rights Social Justice World War II |
Access | Request access |
Rights | User has an obligation to determine copyright or other use restrictions prior to publication or distribution. Please contact the archives at reference@ajhsboston.org or 617-226-1245 for more information. |
Source | American Jewish Historical Society-New England Archives, New England Historic Genealogical Society |
Description
Collection Name | Jewish Community Relations Council, Boston, Massachusetts |
Collection Number | I-123 |
Dates | 1948; 1949 |
Box Number | 55 |
Folder Number | 18 |
Subjects |
Antisemitism Civil Rights Social Justice World War II |
Description |
Activities Antisemitism Individuals Gossett, Ed |
Access | Request access |
Rights | User has an obligation to determine copyright or other use restrictions prior to publication or distribution. Please contact the archives at reference@ajhsboston.org or 617-226-1245 for more information. |
Transcript | Radio Address by Cong, fed Gos&ett on "Pro and Con" April *£§^JL3l« PARTITITION OF PALESTINE Most of you know that on last November 29, the United Nations' Assembly, largely aa a result of American pressure, recommended that Palestine be partitioned, and that a sovereign Jewish nation be carved out of the mandated territory. Fortunately our representative in the Security Council reversed America* s position and the recommended partition has not been consummated. However, the cry for partition goes on. Let us, therefore, examine a few facts. Who are the Jews that demand partition? Do they have any rights to partition. Would partition: benefit them or anyone else? A campaign for a national^home for Jews has been carried on for many years by a,world wide organization of Zionists. Zionism is perhaps a natural growth. We all know that the Jews have been maligned and persecuted, Anti- Semitism has been a curse and a disease. It was Anti-Semitism that gave a mad paperhanger a sordid vehicle on which to create the Nazi Party and ride to power in Germany. The Nazi persecution of the Jews is of course the blackest page in modern history - a page that must not be repeated here or elsewhere. Let's attribute worthy motives to the Zionists. Let's assume that their clever, militant, aggressive, sometimes lawless, campaign for a Jewish nation is a form of escapism; a desire to set up a city of refuge for oppressed Jews. Is there any need for such a refuge? Would not the creation of a Jewish state defeat this objective? According to Rabbi Bernstein, Advisor to General Clay on Jewish affairs, in recent testimony before the House Committee on Immigration, there are now some eleven-million Jews in the world, distributed as follows: Almost six million in America; some 500,000 in Austria; less |
Source | American Jewish Historical Society-New England Archives, New England Historic Genealogical Society |
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