Severe criticism of the American Council for Judaism was voiced in a communique issued by the San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council taking issue with a statement by the president of the American Council for Judaism on the Arab-Israel controversy which was published by him in the press. Claiming that “the statement is subject to the interpretation that it imputes a divided loyalty to some American Jews,” the Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco declared:
“San Francisco Jewry is proud of its position in San Francisco and the contributions which it has made. It is particularly proud of the fact that it has established harmonious relations with other groups within the general community and that divergencies in point of view within the Jewish community have been allowed to exist without recrimination or giving rise to enmities or division.
“Having this in mind, we feel strongly that to impute a disloyalty to this country to those who support whole-heartedly the State of Israel, is inexcusable and without justification. It is a disservice to American Jewry as a whole, and constitutes a failure to appreciate one of the basic principles of American democracy, namely the right of people to disagree in good faith without the imputation to them of improper and unpatriotic motives in connection with such disagreement.”
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