Aimé Pallière, the Paradox of a Christian president of the Union Universelle de la Jeunesse Juive (Universal Union of Jewish Youth)

“It was in 1926, at the Congress of Paris, that the Universal Union of Jewish Youth (UUJJ) made Aimé Pallière its president. He remained its head until the end, in other words, until 1935, when the UUJJ chanted its final swan song in a grotesque crow. When I think back on that whole futile period of our adolescence, I cannot help having feelings of guilt. All of our activities were based on bluff, ballyhoo and third-rate orchestras. Charles Nehama, our charming secretary general, who disarmed...