The Jewish Post

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

May 27, 1943 (indexed as 1943)

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Newspaper : Paper : Printed : Ink : Black, White ; Ht: 15 in. x W: 11,25 in.

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Front page has an illustration of a man wearing a suit and tie. Articles relating the war and Jewish concerns. Includes article “Samuel Zygelbojm, Member Of Polish Council, Dies At 49”. Narrative: Szmul Zygielbojm (1895–1943) was a Jewish-Polish socialist politician, leader of the Bund, and a member of the National Council of the Polish government in exile. He committed suicide to protest the indifference of the Allied governments to the Holocaust.

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The Jewish PostMember Of The Jewish Telegraphic Agency.The Jewish Post Is The Only Anglo-Jewish Weekly In Western Canada Subscribing To A News And Feature Service.VOL. XIX.WINNIPEG, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1943No. 21Four Freedoms For Jews Asked At ConferenceLittle Hope Held For Refugees From Bermuda ReportLondon (JTA) – British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden this week announced in the House of Commons that the recommendations of the Bermuda conference on refugees have been approved by the British war cabinet and added that he does not believe that "more can be done than to rescue a few people here and there until final victory is achieved."U.P.A. Campaign Opens In WestJewish Girl Pilot Cited For Delivering Supplies To Guerrillas Under Nazi FireJewish education in Western Canada, Mr. Miller stated.Member Of The Jewish Telegraph Agency.London (JTA) — British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden this week announced in the House of Commons that the recommendations of the Bermuda conference on refugees had been accepted by the British war cabinetApplication of the Four Freedoms to the Jewish people, as individuals, wherever they may live, and the application of the Four Freedoms to "our people as a whole" in a Jewish Homeland in Palestine, was the keynote struck by the national president, Samuel Bronfman, at the sessions of the Western Division of the Canadian Jewish Congress held in Winnipeg over the week-end. Forty-one delegates from Western Canada were among the 198 registered delegates attending the conference.The stirring address of Mr. Bronfman presented to an overflow mass meeting at the Talmud Torah Sunday evening, summed up the discussions of the conference on: (1) the Jewish war effort; (2) the refugee and war relief problem; (3) immigration; (4) the important role of Palestine in the ultimate solution of the Jewish question; (5) public relations, and (6) education.Resolutions adopted at the closing sessions of the conference asked for sanctuary in Canada for a reasonable number of those refugees who may be released from Axis-dominated lands, and also requested the Dominion government to secure forwould be a forerunner of similar meetings in order to give all national executive members wherever they may live an opportunity from time to time personally to participate in the deliberations and decisions of the committee.Work done by the joint public relations committee of the western division of the Congress and B'nai B'rith was reported by S. Hart Green, K.C.The committee was instrumental in reporting cases of discrimination against the employment of Jews in war industries and made representations to national selective service. This resulted in issuance of specific orders to all selective service offices prohibiting discrimination against applicants for employment on the(Cont. on page 7)Eden made this statement in the course of a general debate on the outcome of the Bermuda conference in which many members of Commons participated. He was preceded by Under-Secretary of Home Affairs Osbert Peake, who announced thatthe results of the Bermuda conference must be kept confidential and stated that "it would be a cruel illusion to hold out any hope of a commensurate solution other than final victory."Following the report, delegates took part in a forum on education.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

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English

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