(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Agudath Israel Organization and a section of the moderate Orthodox group in Palestine are carrying on a vigorous campaign to influence as large a number of Jews as possible to secede from the Official Jewish Community organized under the Jewish Communities Ordinance which was promulgated on January 1st. They object that the official Jewish communities are organized on a non-religious basis, Large numbers of people in Jerusalem and other places, notably Tiberias, Safed and Hebron, have signed “secessionist” declarations.
Chief Rabbi Kook, in an interview with the representative of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here, declared that he is maintaining a strict neutrality in the conflict. He wishes to stand aloof from all party disputes and to continue to act as in the past, on behalf of all sections of the Jewish population, regardless of party.
The Vaad Hair, Council of Jerusalem Jews, has published several appeals against the campaign of the “secessionists.”
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