Achdus
Jewish People's Election Group "Achdus" (Lithuanian: Žydų liaudies rinkimu grupes "Achdus") was an electoral grouping in inter-war Lithuania. It was affiliated to Agudath Israel.[1][2]
History[edit]
It first contested the Constituent Assembly elections in Lithuania in 1920 as part of the Democratic Jewish Union, receiving two out of six seats for Dr. Nachman Rachmilewitz and R. Abraham Popelas.
The party contested the 1922 parliamentary elections, receiving 2.07% of the vote and winning no seats.[3] However, it received only 53 votes in the 1923 elections.[4] Two of their candidates, Isak Rafialas Golcbergas and Fišelis Beras[5] ran on the Jewish Economical and Religious list in the 1926 election.[6] Democratic Jewish Union also ran in 1926 but only as a merger of the Zionist and Folkist factions.[7]
In the 1924 Kaunas municipal election, the party received 1.12% of the vote, taking 1 out of 72 available seats. Męjeris Gurevičius, a merchant, was elected to represent it on the council.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Slutsky, Yehuda (2007). "In Independent Lithuania". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 13 (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ Rosin, Josef (1996). "Batakiai". Pinkas Hakehillot Lita. pp. 169–170.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1218 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1206
- ^ "II Apygardos Kandidatų Seiman Sąrašas Nr. 17 : Žydų liaudies rinkimų grupės "Achdus"". 1922. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Žydų ekonominio-tikybinio sąrašo kandidatų į Lietuvos Respublikos III Seimą VI rinkimų apygardoje sąrašas Nr. 11". Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Levas Garfunkelis (1896–1976)". Seimas. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Savivaldybių rinkimai Lietuvoj" (PDF). The Lithuanian Daily News (in Lithuanian). 8 October 1924. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
