1939 — First edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to. 7 pages; 35.5 cm. A Holocaust-era stapled mimeograph report. Includes tables of criminal rates. A consideration of the facts showing the low degree of criminality among Jews leaves no room for the anti-Jewish agitators claim. The only reasonable conclusion is that the causes which lead men to commit crime, whatever they be, operate among the Jewish population no differently than among non-Jews. The American Jewish Congress is an association of Jewish Americans organized to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy advocacy, using diplomacy, legislation, and the courts. The American Jewish Congress was founded in 1918, and represented a populist counterbalance to the American Jewish Committee, which was dominated by the wealthy and conservative German-Jewish establishment. Leaders within the American Jewish community, consisting of Jewish, Zionist, and immigrant community organizations, convened the first American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) in Philadelphias historic Independence Hall. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Felix Frankfurter, U. S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, and others joined to lay the groundwork for a national democratic organization of Jewish leaders from all over the country, to rally for equal rights for all Americans regardless of race, religion or national ancestry (Wikipedia 2017) . SUBJECT(S) : Anti-Semitism, Jews, Statistics. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Pages taped together at the top. Slight toning. Very minimal stains. Very good + condition. Rare. (HOLO2-134-36)
