A message to Jewry through the medium of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of the J.T.A., for the Banquet at the Hotel Commodore, March 15th, 1933, at which Professor Einstein was guest of honor.
From M. Paul Boncour, French Minister of Foreign Affairs:
To informers, to men of science and of thought such as he whom we honor here tonight, to those who have organized this banquet and to those who have joined them, the French Government and myself send a cordial message.
All men who love and wish to see a country, a spiritual tradition, a common cause, live and endure, must find in the object which you serve an encouraging example and one worthy of respect.
Throughout the millenium, the individuals who were able to be faithful to the fatherland which existed for them only in the depths of their hearts, have proven that these souls collectively can be immortal and are worthy that our highest human endeavor should be given them.
Reunions such as yours, which assemble the masters of the most modern discoveries in knowledge and technique, are proof that a persistent and audacious youth can serve and strive with the age-old tradition.
France today is the same country which was the first in Europe to render individual and civic rights to the Jews on her territory, the same which fifteen and a half years ago was one of the first to associate herself with the Balfour Declaration, that splendid act of collective freedom for the Jews.
The loyalty, the devotion of the Jews of France have shown that this act of justice was an act of wisdom.
It is in this communion of spirit and of intention that we send you our greeting tonight.
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