A resolution reaffirming the “deep links” between Italian Jewry and the State of Israel and pledging to reinforce such links, was approved today by delegates to the seventh annual conference of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities.
The resolution adopted by the 42 delegates from Italy’s 22 Jewish communities said such links were intended to guarantee and protect the life and security of Israel and that of the Jewish communities in other countries from the dangers of assimilation. The resolution pledged to further the goals of the Italian Zionist Federation.
In another resolution, the delegates expressed the hope that Soviet authorities would make it possible for Russian Jews to promote fully the values of their Jewish culture and tradition. The resolution urged that the religious life of Soviet Jewry not be hindered and that freedom of reunion would be made possible in Israel or elsewhere for Russian Jews who are members of families surrendered during the Nazi holocaust.
The delegates also conveyed, in another resolution, cordial and fraternal greetings to the World Jewish Congress on its 30th anniversary. The resolution lauded the work done by the WJC to defend and consolidate in the world the unity of the Jewish people, as well as expressing satisfaction that the WJC had established an office in Italy to work with Italian Jewish communities in the study of Jewish problems. The resolution invited Italian Jewish communities to collaborate with the new WJC office.
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