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Nashua Telegraph Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S.A. 3 July 1933 page 4 |
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CONVENTION OF ZIONISTS GETS UNDERWAY CHICAGO, July 3 (AP)—Jews of the nation turned toward Chicago when their classic pageant, “The Romance of a People,” is present- ed before a sellout “house” of more then 125,000 persons of all faiths in the Soldier Field Stadium. The huge spectacle is to be given under the floodlights tonight on a stage of 40,000 square feet. Yester- day before the dress rehearsal Judge Harry M. Fisher, general chairman of Jewish day activities at the fair, said every seat had been sold, including 15,000 set aside for out-of-town visitors. Meanwhile the convention of the American Zionist organization got underway Sunday with the 3,500 delegates pledging $8,000,000 to German Jewish refugees for colon- ization of Palestine. The plea for financial aid was voiced by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, of New York, when he called the convention “the first important meeting of American Zionists since |
the Hitler catastrophe hit Ger-
many.” Rabbi Wise demanded a two-fold answer to Hitler, the first to be uttered by the judgment of man- kind out of conscience of Christ- dom, and the second, to create, develop and maintain the Jewish National Home in Palestine. The Jew is always ready to die for his country, said Dr. Wise, “but he is not ready to die at the hands of his country.” |