Rabbis Call for Halt to the Nuclear Arms Race

The Chicago Board of Rabbis at a recent meeting adopted a resolution calling on “our government to pursue vigorously at all international forums the goal of ending the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and ultimately banning nuclear armaments.” The board, which encompasses Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist and Reform rabbis, is among a growing number of Jewish organizations around the country calling for a halt to the nuclear arms race.

In its resolution, the board warned that “the proliferation of nuclear technology and weaponry has enabled many nations including unstable, aggressive, and terrorist governments to enter the nuclear arms race and endanger the stability and survival of mankind.” The resolution concluded by calling on the U.S. and the Soviet Union to implement “in the immediate future” a “mutually verifiable nuclear reduction treaty.”