The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-02
OF z :. JEWS CELEBRATED
 BY THE zIONISTS
No More Shall the Jew Be Oppressed In Russia,
 Says Klein.

'"The land which was settled by Abraham, the land of milk and honey is to be given to the Jews, says the world" was the opening remark of Jacob Klein at the mass meeting held in Polls theatre yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Zionist Or ganization of America. 'No more shall the Jews be oppressed in Russia, nor 1 shall the heel of autocrats grind the 1 Jew into the earth. The coming peace | conference will mean liberty and | freedom to Jewry, the right to till the | soil, the right to grow two blades Of grass where only one grew before. It means a brighter day for you and yours, and a brighter day for Israel" J. H. Fromenson, leader and organ izer of the Zionist Organization, was the next peaker, and his remarks brought round after round of applause from the enthusiastic audience. '1t | &aems a lamentable thing" said MT. | IN omenson, That for a gathering of Jews, the music must be borrowed from the Christian church. So long l have the arts, music and poetry of the Jewish people been neglected that to express the joy that is in our hearts
 
 nations. The restoration of Palestine | to the Jews, will mean the revival of art, music and letters for our nation. Should you neglect to support the l movement that is on foot to give us a homeland, 1t will mean that the tears of the Jews which nave flowed, the prayers of the Jewish race which have been said by all true believers for l 2O00 years have been but mockery; it will mean that the Jew is willing to accept the bone that is thIOwn to him by other nations, that he accepts the shackles that have been put upon him, and because he may enjoy on the fat of the land in which he lives, he will gladly continue in the bondage in which he has lived for 200O years. Do we not accept the opportunity to establish a Jewish state, the Jewish name will be dishonored among na- tions everything Jewish will be dis honored and trampled underfoot.
 These meetings which are being held throughout the United States today are call to duty, a signal for you to take your place under the banner of the Maccabees. It is your dreams come true, the dream of Theodore Herzel whose call to the Jews to rally has been recognized by the nations of the, earth, for a Jewish national life on Jewish national soil.''
 Dr. Ben Zion Mossisohn, who Is di- rector of a Hebrew gymnasium of Jaffa, Palestine, spoke in Yiddish. Dr..
 Mossisohn is an advocate of the move
 ment to establish Hebrew as a modern l a Ia ho that belonged to the Jews 2000 years ago, and the wanderings of that
 homeless ration for centuries. He said that the restoration of Palestine, if upheld by the Jews. will enable them to again take their places among
 the nations of the earth.
 , While the Jews of Palestine are
 deserving of pity for their sufferings and prosecutions, I feel a still greater
 pity for you who have forgotten the , teachings of your forefathers and the traditions of your race. There in that desolate land the things that are holy
 have been kept so, while here they have been neglected. A person does not live by bread alone, neither does I a nation; the spirit of the race must
 be kept alive. and the faith of the
 fathers must be propagated."
 2 The meeting opened with the sing
 ing of ''The Star Spangled Banner ; and 'Haticvoh," the Jewish nationA S anthem. George Greenspun sang
 ''The Holy City" and was heartily en- . cored. Charles Shapiro acted as chairman and introduced the speakers
 and Cantor Rickles sang a number o1 Hebrew songs. The benediction was = given by Rabbi Wettenstein, ant
 prayer was offered by Rabbi Abrams
 The meeting closed with the singing O
 America"