1954 — Softbound. 4to. IV, 34, 87, 57, 41 (total of 225) pages. 28 cm. First edition. An extensive collection of events and jewish life across the world in the year 1953. Contents include: The Jewish Communities of the World and Their Main Features (Aden-Yugoslavia) ; Main Events in Jewish Life (NThe Neo-Fascist Movement and the Jews; The Treatmnent of War Criminals; Organizational Trends in the New Jewish Communities; Brief Review of Cultural Activities; The Soviet Union; The Peoples Democracies; The Countries of the Arab League; French North Africa; Germany West and East) ; Activities of the World Jewish Congress; Chronicle of Jewish Life in 1953. The Institute of Jewish Affairs was established in New York under the auspices of the American Jewish Congress and the World Jewish Congress on 1 February 1941, based on proposals made by Dr Jacob Robinson to the American Jewish Congress in 1939 and 1940. Its aims were to conduct a thorough investigation of Jewish life over the preceding 25 years, to establish the facts of the position of the Jews during World War II, to determine their causes and to suggest how Jewish rights might be claimed in a post-war settlement. In pursuing this last, it was to focus on the rehabilitation of the Jewish population in Europe where it was possible and they were willing to remain in their homes. Where that was impossible and on the question of emigration, it was to take as its premise that `the National Home in Palestine is the primary solution of the problem of Jewish migration'. Its research initially focused on political science and law, economics, migration and colonisation, and post-war reconstruction, encompassing a watching brief on events affecting the Jews in all countries. As well as its programme of research, the Institute was established to collect documentation and to index holdings of other institutions, particularly on aliens, anti-Jewish measures, recent aspects of anti-Semitism, autonomy, colonisation, exchanges of population, migrations, minorities, nationalism, nationality and citizenship, plebiscites, race hatred, refugees, relief, self-determination, small states, the territorial questions of World War I, war and peace aims, and war and post-war changes. The Institute moved to London in 1965, maintaining its programme of research and publications into contemporary issues affecting Jewish communities across the world. (Description from Papers of the Institute of Jewish Affairs at the University of Southampton Libraries) . Subjects: Jews - History - Periodicals. Jews History - 1789- Jews - Politics and government. Jews - Social conditions. Light wear and ageing to covers, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (HOLO2-97-34)
