Jewish Congress Backs Dr. Prinz’s Right to Express Personal View Publicly

The national Governing Council of the American Jewish Congress today said it “fully affirms” the right of Dr. Joachim Prinz to express his views “from the platform of the AJCoras its president, for the purpose of prompting a discussion of a vital issue in Jewish life. “

In a resolution, the organization’s policy-making body noted that during his address to the organization’s Governing Council in Philadelphia last month on the status and future of Zionist organizations Dr. Prinz had said he was putting forward only his own personal views, not those of the American Jewish Congress.

The resolution said Dr. Prinz’s statement did not commit the AJC to his position. It reaffirmed the declaration contained in the organization’s constitution that Israel’s survival and growth were “the special obligation of Jewish communities everywhere for whom Israel affords an historic opportunity for the strengthening of the Jewish spirit and consciousness” and the enhancement of the Jewish contribution to the moral and ethical values of mankind.

“The American Jewish Congress will assist the people of Israel to develop in freedom, security and peace, and will promote mutual understanding and cooperation between American and Israel and between the Jewish communities of both lands, ” the resolution quoted the constitution of the American Jewish Congress as declaring.