ABSTRACT
Early efforts to organize world Jewry under a coordinated political umbrella were begun in 1918 by Dr. Leo Motzkin who established the Committee of Jewish Delegations, the forerunner of the World Jewish Congress (WJC). Consequently the WJC shifted its efforts to the arena of foreign affairs. It focused its efforts on lobbying governments, convening diplomatic conferences, issuing press releases and petitions, and dispatching a barrage of telegrams. The establishment of the State of Israel has dramatically changed the policy-making process of Jewish diplomacy. But since it involved some similar goals, such as defending Jewish communities in distress and rescue of oppressed Jews, organizations maintained the same agenda. The flaw in Dr. Nahum Goldmannn's criticism and analysis lies in the fact that it ignores the impact of the existence of a Jewish sovereign state on organized Jewish life and its leadership in the diaspora. The establishment of the State of Israel ended the ideological battle between Zionists and non-Zionists.
