British Agudah Explains Its Stand on United Representation

The Agudas Israel movement in this country rejected today charges by the Board of Deputies of British Jews that it was partly responsible for the breakdown in year-long negotiations among British Jewish organizations on coordinating their approaches to the British Government on matters dealing with foreign affairs.

In a statement, the Agudah declared that no single Jewish organization, on a national or international level, is in a position to represent the different Jewish viewpoints. The Agudah rejected the idea that a “secular Jewish body, influenced in a considerable measure by nationalist views” has the “exclusive and unconditional right to speak for Anglo-Jewry.” In a call for the formation of a joint consultative committee of Jewish organizations, the Agudah statement declared: “We ask for unity, not totalitarian uniformity.”