Ceire Cion (Hebrew: צעירי ציון, "Youth of Zion"), sometimes called the Zionist Party or Ethnic Socialist Party, was a centre-left Jewish political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. It was led by jurist Max Lazerson.[1][2][3] The party combined the ideas of Zionism and democratic socialism. One of the party's goals was to create a Jewish state in Palestine.[4]
Ceire Cion | |
|---|---|
| President | Max Lazerson |
| Dissolved | 1931 |
| Ideology | Labor Zionism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
History
editThe party won a single seat in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections.[5] It retained its seat in the 1922, 1925 and 1928 elections, but missed out on a seat in the 1931 elections by 50 votes.[6] Later in 1931 it merged with the Latvian Organisation of Zionist Socialists to form the Zionist-Socialist Party.[4][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p448 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
- ^ Jews in Eastern Europe. Jerusalem, Israel: The Centre. 1997.
- ^ Vardys, Vytas Stanley; Misiunas, Romuald J.; Misiunas, Romuald J. (1978). The Baltic States in Peace and War, 1917-1945. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-00534-8.
- ^ a b Leo Dribins. "Latvijas ebreju kopienas vēsture" [History of the Latvian Jewish Community] (in Latvian). Retrieved 20 March 2021., In: Latvijas ebreju kopiena: Vēsture, traģēdija, atdzimšana (The Jewish Community of Latvia: History, Tragedy, Revival), Commission of Historians of Latvia, 2001, ISBN 9984601641, English translation
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1137 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Jewish parties lose two seats in Latvian parliamentary elections Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 13 October 1931
- ^ "Max M. Laserson Papers, 1900-1951". Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
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