(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The first conference of Jewish students in Soviet Russia was held in Odessa in the presence of 252 delegates representing 3780 students of 21 universities and colleges.
A report of the credentials committee showed that 99 of the delegates were the children of workers, 27 of peasants, 20 of artisans, 71 of clerks. Fifty-nine were members of the Communist party, 44 of the Comsomol, the Communist Youth Association, 132 were non-partisan.
A resolution adopted by the conference obligated the student body to take active part in the cultural activities of the Jewish masses, and emphasized the necessity of “a better Jewish education and the knowledge of Yiddish.” The conference also decided to establish courses for the instruction of Yiddish.
Another resolution adopted by the conference protested against “that part of the Zionists who attack the colonization plan in Soviet Russia.”
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