Latvian political party
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] Zionism and democratic socialism . One of the party's goals was to create a Jewish state in Palestine .[ 4]
History
The party won a single seat in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections .[ 5] 1922 , 1925 and 1928 elections , but missed out on a seat in the 1931 elections by 50 votes.[ 6] [ 4] [ 7]
See also
References
^ 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 . Latvijas ebreju kopiena: Vēsture, traģēdija, atdzimšana (The Jewish Community of Latvia: History, Tragedy, Revival ), Commission of Historians of Latvia [lv ] , 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 .
