Jewish Economic Party
Appearance
Jewish Economic Party | |
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Founders | Slovak Jewish Orthodox rabbis |
Founded | October 1925 |
The Jewish Economic Party was a political party of the First Czechoslovak Republic. It was created in October 1925 by Slovak Jewish Orthodox rabbis as a regional Slovakian party against the Zionist-controlled Jewish Party. It took part in the 1925 Czechoslovak parliamentary elections, where it got 16,861 votes (0.24%) and no seat.
Bibliography
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