Item 10142. CONFERENCE RECORD: THE DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONFERENCE 1943 NUMBERS 1-5 (COMPLETE SET FROM THE FIRST GATHERING IN 1943)

CONFERENCE RECORD: THE DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONFERENCE 1943 NUMBERS 1-5 (COMPLETE SET FROM THE FIRST GATHERING IN 1943)

New York, American Jewish Conference. 1943. Item #38415

First edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to. About 8 pages each issue; 28 cm. Folded in half like a newspaper. Daily during the conference from 1943-1947. The American Jewish Conference “was an ad hoc organization that first met in Pittsburg in January 1943, and had its first official conference in August that year [these issues are from that conference]. The initial meeting included delegates from thirty-two national Jewish organizations. It was called to decide upon the role that the American Jewish community would play in representing Jewish demands after the war and helping to build Jewish Palestine. The result was the creation of the American Jewish Conference, which consisted of sixty-four Jewish groups, including American Jewish Committee; it constituted the most representative gathering of American Jews ever” (Wikipedia 2017) . Reflecting the concerns of this very middle-of-the-Holocaust period, articles cover the proceedings of the conference, as well as topics such as “Action Taken on Rescue and Postwar Status of Jews, ” Conference Adopts Palestine Resolution, ” and “Solemn Memorial Service Held for Martyred Jews. ” “During its five day assembly at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, which began on Sunday afternoon, August 29, the Conference, composed of 502 elected representatives of the Jews of America, considered and recommended action ‘on problems relating to the rights and status of Jews in the postwar world’ as well as ‘upon all matters looking to the implementation of the rights of the Jewish people with respect to Palestine. ’ The latter took the form of a resolution demanding the fulfillment of the Balfour Declaration and of the Mandate for Palestine ‘whose intent and underlying purpose was to constitute Palestine as the Jewish Commonwealth. ’” SUBJECT(S) : Jews, Congresses, Palestine. Significant browning to pages, but solid, not fragile. Significant wear at paper fold that affects text. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Good condition overall. (HOLO2-134-30).

Price: $500.00

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