more fiercely than Jewish writers the iniquity of modern conditions.
With the breakdown of Jewish national exclusivism, with the dawn of social justice, the last vestiges of anti-Semitism will probably disappear, and the Jewish problem will solve itself.
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But the Jewish problem cannot solve itself in other parts of the world as long as it has not found a solution in Russia, which is the new Palestine, which is the very heart and centre of Israel. The Jewish problem cannot solve itself as long as five million Hebrews remain the victims of a most odious mediæval oppression. Unfortunately, in the course of the last twenty years, the position of the Jew in Russia has not become better, rather has it become worse. The Jew is still cooped up within that huge Polish ghetto called the "Pale." He is still forbidden access to the land. He is still tracked by the police and periodically decimated by organized massacre. And the pogroms are becoming more frequent and more savage. He is still forbidden entrance to the Civil Service. He is still largely excluded
