fie Te tnt ha Jewith community, es wel i Which are concent tape Jowish estre”An totes The burning nse in the pompes gen the warmongers nd eal’ wares cause of national ‘iat Goldwaterites did among the national groupe during the election ears alan. T wonder whit Lenin woukl have said of eu tactic, stemming Let us recall the words te ‘Dito traditions of Garibaldi in Italy (G. Dimitvof ated Fron pes ‘mut pitcpate fa the stuggle of the thor moveners tr oy ome of reaction by unermining thereby the genoa stugge Of gon natal gmp On hectares roumcas arama n counter tthe reales of the tities of Joab progress od oa ret extent around work for progessvg indent there can only dere Bese te reste-that ito harm these tnterett-ar, the 2f Georg Dimitrof in he warning of how fasts HYMAN LUMER Marxism and Assimilation ee oe ere J) Ere tut Comrade Her mitts bh he eed BO class entre aparece acy postion of fonclbio reprevtons Mors) | to deal. Nations, Mariam holds, are a product of capitalism, The goograph” oumens array conomle terdependence gmerted Ted tothe fusion of the sae set al sokty it the larger more compeg rations This has been accompentd by onsdouness and chetivence and by tures. But the procs doer ot at ‘plist dowopnent las gine beyond i aul interdependen anong nation" he srry. And thin tu, has Been secompened of notonal bari, of tinal. natn as feal division of lebor and captalist production ave sullen communities of fea ‘ties which we today cll the development of neon the evolution ‘of rational eu there. More and more, to a division of labor grow of a world coon by a breaking, down cexclsiveness, "This later Marx andl En words Phase was already clealy evident in Mar’s day, and gels describe it in the Communit Manifesto in thee ‘The bourgeois rough it explltaton of the word meee | gre Be oh em ew oi grey cot Toth pet chap of wetting fy adr the fet of Indy tho nto! red nals stood, All ltesabishl naa inustes Ee ae deck are boing destoyed. They are dbnged by sot ane ose intedutin eer «Ie and ent quien oh gee mon by nde tno ing wo pigs tay mata dra rom the eho See Industes bose rcs ar csramal st oy Se fat avery guar ofthe globe In ceo to a ease me tke production ofthe cont, we fd nee a nna {ha alaction the prods of tant lend tal Niece ac fhe od ed el echo nd sae te have interes In every dncon, event ne de se sf nations. And asin material, 20 ls in ntllecaal pcre The inelletual eatons of inva Satie a propery. National oneaisdnom nd naneernieicieey Sone tote and more impasils andfom the maser tag at teal Teeatres there arier'4 writ ites (atta Pubshen, New York 158 pp 1238) gis By ste tovard natal ony ted ace ere ‘od nd tvard ational faim one odes hie he rs paar agi the Jost eal Quen, tt vant | Which forms the starting pont of Leni || Bandits fa Creal Remarks on the Na | itup as follows = coe ease seaside SP Lak a thteeee tare ee tonsa eae app eees srcimint Be begat Seat th cr ee ect he tee ee Sat hues sat oa ty Se ee ere ean se ante ote cae a eae tear ug ee ener oe sta lony, th ott ty ts tard stil lg, aes ae een ees ae ee es oie ane Se sane open eal oeee ee reason reaches its extreme development, as does its ideological ee. Is stion to this, the ipa meen cota poeta fn at ee comer oh based aay evs ore ee ent Eee tg pepe ey fr dey er fie agen le en ie poy son SBE Mier erutie ed ao ebirg Oat ibe oe Seater open tae tar ear aed ale emir ee iris Sea a as caer ema es“ vroument arrams pendence, the emphasis shifts more and more to questions of closer economic, cultural and political tie among thomselves-questons yesed wih growing instnce bythe very fort fo build mode, Assination inthe US, Srey srg for ntl fom and ely, rr nly conte tard cto th sf hate arte ‘abigail sone aber parle contr ting togther dna The fl chloe of ae ES otae ehes sa as eee SFr eprint ue ti Spe Se conicer Tropien that “hSpaaton is foal fs Lain epi ne dn (The Sole Ten fon andthe Rg of atin to Sel Damination, Fri Et age Pbling Hows: row, hp. 1}? eto a Sabian ct Sy ty hile deat edo eal sien pein ome © he an thar, bt to ete thon had fate (QO) fo nae 12S eh aoe GS soln of chu oy by rac eco te tration pated ee Acampo Dees ae fo mld in alee pe cg seo pb puning Sova the Castine eof eonpl Hpre oa Eo cteenlinwtes as ce basta peta as fae Sine tality Seve ree est a sisdy-uoder way va Sec Se Mant nsf th tap ten satigeoiny of mes sols Ag agin sacl ope is Ger tat Une hao euler betwen toes ihe Paty ‘they go hand in hand. . BoE tn Burl oak fr maton one of tnt fan, sh sa tie mere tus ie te of atl pag fh ri they ts ith he a te jrocm ete fom of gor anton it Be neds fog ponomnic, ie ‘and cultural life. : 5 Sates ciel « oevad on ete ea pull ead by ltl Ur tn suo coasts Tier Ge ratte bao typed bie he snoonag oa cal ire ts meh aspen eae ‘ho beret every ines tinal peseaton and des on srengtens the fn tendency, wie ery advan towed al emoartey aod equally engines the second In the eae of American Jews, both tendencies ae clemly evident 1 is qalte plain tht among thom, as among Jews everywhere, the rise Uf fatcism and the Hitlers slaughter of six milion Jews have pro {luced a preat uprurge of Jewish consciousness and atachment-and, ff must be added, of Jowsh nationalism. This has been further en ‘ouraged by the emergence of Track It Sods expression today, as ‘Gomale Nevick note in « higher dogreo of organization around Jews aces than ever befor. Simltancosly, however, asin Tom fs. proceeding, not only in the continued drastic decline of Yiddish (despite fnereated attendance at Yiddish schools), but 1m bier ways as well most notably a tho rapid growth of intermarriage. A sudy in Washington, D.C, presented in th 1068 American Jewish ‘Year Book shows an iteraring rato of 148 among fist generation Jews, of 102K in the sosond generation and 179% in the thi (among ‘ane with ccllege edvention tho rate was 875). An Towa study Shows rate of 426 in the years otwoen 1088 and 1950, Analyzing these stulies in the Yearbook, Dr. Erich Rosenthal concludes that the Jewish community "is subject to a process f assimilation” and ‘atthe “ethufe snd religions bonds tht weld the immigrant orga tation fata ighly organized community aro becoming progressively weaker” There is perhaps no more siting indication of the reality of ss sinilaion dan the widespread alarm with which this development tus been greeted. particularly in religious and Zionist cies. Thus, to cite a typical Teacton, Rabbi Leon I. Feuer, president of the Contr Conference of American Rabbis, roontly requested special mv to combat the "growing criss” and "scious threat” ented by the rise in mixed startiages (New York Times, June 17,1964). Tovled, thee are widely expressed fears that the very easing of antiSemitim in recent years Itself constutes a threat to Jowish fuvival. For example, in specch made some yeas ago, De. Nahum Goldmann, president of the Worl Zioalst Organization, declared that the growing “process of emancipation” had produced a “danger treater than al that has threatened Jewish survival in previous o#s- Etter” He added: “We have learned in past centuries to survive bad times Now we must lara what is moe diffcult=to survive good times fand remain Jews.” (New York Times, May 27, 959.) Such reactions are a recognition, even though in a negative fashion that assimilation exits and is progressing. Comrade Novick: should take fis tendency into consideration also. "The fact that American Jews aro today affected by both tendencies is clearly indicated in an interview some months ago by Sanford