Henri Slovès to Moissaye Olgin, Yosef Sultan, and Rubin Saltzman about two letters from the YKUF Directorate, November 1938
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- Title (English):
- Henri Slovès to Moissaye Olgin, Yosef Sultan, and Rubin Saltzman about two letters from the YKUF Directorate, November 1938
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Conferences, Conventions, Meetings
Culture Front
Popular Front Years
Visual - Creator:
- Slovès, Henri (Chaim)
- Creator:
- סלאוועס, ח
- Recipient:
- Olgin, Moissaye J. (Moissaye Joseph), 1874-1939
Sulṭan, Y. (Yosef), 1892-1961
Zaltsman, R. (Reʾuven) (Rubin Saltzman, Reuben Zaltzman) - Organization:
- IKUF/YKUF, Alveltlekher Yiddishn Kultur Farband
- Date:
- 1938-11-25
- Location:
- Paris, Ville de Paris, Département de, Île-de-France, France
New York, New York, United States - ID Number:
- 5276b53f07_10
- File Name:
- 5276b53f07_10.pdf
- Address (recipient):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Address (creator):
- Union de la Culture Juive, 84 Rue Beaubourg, Paris 3, France
- Work Type:
- letters (correspondence)
signatures (names)
conferences
historical figures
authors
Yiddish (language)
logos
political ideologies and attitudes
international organizations
logotypes - Subject:
- Intelligentsia
Culture Front- Publishing, Yiddish, Literature, Poetry, Drama
Popular Front
France
Jewish Left
Conferences
Fellow Travellers
Nazism and Fascism
Political - Description:
- These two letters are dated December 2nd. Translated Summary: One, on blue paper, 1 page long, is addressed generally to the American Division of YKUF [IKUF]. Signatures are cut off, but it clearly comes from the directorate. Chides NY sharply for writing to the Lithuanian national committee to say that NY is gradually taking over the work of the Kultur Farband, and encouraging Lithuania to communicate with them directly. "In our letter of 11-25 we expressed our opinion on the matter of YKUF’s center. If you are not in agreement with us, we can drag it in front of all the usual committees, but you can’t be allowed to go behind our backs to whatever national organization..." The other letter of 2 December, on cream YKUF stationery, is 2 pages long and addressed personally to Olgin, Saltzman, and Sultan: "The stormy dynamism of your novelists, poets, general and national secretaries of YKUF in NY present a real danger to the world peace of the Kultur Farband... Enclosed is our friendly letter to the committee. As you can see, the situation is serious." Discusses implications of defections, in Paris and in NY. Deplores the opportunism, “bench-grabbing”, and behind-the-back politics. Urges the directorate to take the crisis seriously and to ‘look in on’ NY’s YKUF more often. Signed by Slovès. Note: The national committee of the IKUF in America: Kalmen (Kalman) Marmor (Mermer), Zishe Weinper, Paul (Pesach) Novick, Nachman Meisel, R. Saltzman, Itche Goldberg, Rabbi Avrom Bik (Abraham Bick), Raphael Mahler, Kleinberg, (B.Z.) Goldberg (Benjamin Waife, Sholem Aleichem’s son-in-law), Moishe Katz, Ahron Gudelman (Aaron Gidelman)]
- Notes:
- Disambiguation: this is not the Congress for Jewish Culture.
The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. - Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- 20604618
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 53
- Folder:
- 7
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu