Ceire Cion Explained

President:	Max Lazerson
Ideology:	Labor Zionism
Position:	Centre-left
Country:	Latvia
Dissolved:	1931
Native Name Lang:	hebrew

Ceire Cion (he|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]} The party combined the ideas of Zionism and democratic socialism. One of the party's goals was to create a Jewish state in Palestine.

History

The party won a single seat in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections.^[4] It retained its seat in the 1922, 1925 and 1928 elections, but missed out on a seat in the 1931 elections by 50 votes.^[5] Later in 1931 it merged with the Latvian Organisation of Zionist Socialists to form the Zionist-Socialist Party.^{[6] [7]}

See also

• Tze'irei Zion
• History of the Jews in Latvia

Notes and References

1. Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p448
2. Book: Jews in Eastern Europe. The Centre. 1997. Jerusalem, Israel.
3. Book: Vardys, Vytas Stanley. Misiunas. Romuald J.. Misiunas. Romuald J.. Pennsylvania State University Press. 1978. 978-0-271-00534-8. en.
4. [Dieter Nohlen]
5. http://pdfs.jta.org/1931/1931-10-13_234.pdf Jewish parties lose two seats in Latvian parliamentary elections
6. Web site: Latvijas ebreju kopienas vēsture. 20 March 2021. Leo Dribins. lv. History of the Latvian Jewish Community., In: Latvijas ebreju kopiena: Vēsture, traģēdija, atdzimšana (The Jewish Community of Latvia: History, Tragedy, Revival),, 2001,, English translation
7. Web site: Max M. Laserson Papers, 1900-1951 . 2021-03-20. Columbia University Libraries.