Jewish Religious Organizations Protest to Roumanian Foreign Minister

(Jewish Daily Bulletin)

Rabbi Abram Simon made public today the text of the protest sent by Jewish religious organizations to the Roumanian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The protest was sent on behalf of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Rabbinical Assembly of the United Synagogue of America, the Rabbinical Council of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the United Synagogue of America and the Synagogue Council of America.

The communication to the Roumanian Minister read:

“The Synagogue Council of America, representing six national organizations of Jewish Congregations and Rabbis in the United States, and speaking in the name of a million American Jewish citizens, solemnly protests against the excesses perpetrated in Kishineff and other Roumanian cities against the in-offensive Jewish population.

“In the name of humanity and justice it calls upon the Roumanian authorities to make impossible a repetition of similar outrages and to take determined action against all inciters to violence against the Jews of Ronmania.”

A delegation representing the American Jewish Congress and the organizations which cooperated in arranging last Sunday’s protest meeting against Roumania, will go to Washington this week to present the resolutions adopted by that meeting to the Secretary of State, it was announced following a meeting of the Administrative Committee of the American Jewish Congress held Thursday evening.

The delegation which was named at the meeting will consist of Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Max D. Steuer, Carl Sherman, Dr. A. J. Rongy, Judge Gustave Hartman, Grandmaster of the Independent Order Brith Abraham; Martin O. Levy, Grand Secretary of the Independent Order B’rith Sholom; Leo Wolfson, President of the United Roumanian Jews of America; Elihu D. Stone of Boston; Benjamin Titman, Bernard G. Richards and a representative to be designated by the Independent Order B’nai B’rith.

The resolution to be presented by the delegation declares that “we urge our State Department to take such action compatible with diplomatic dignity as will impress upon the Roumanian Government the desires of the American people for the just and humane treatment of all minority groups in Roumania, whether of Jewish or of Christian faith, and for the preservation of such a spirit of tolerance and conciliation as will promote friendly relations between Roumania and all enlightened peoples.”

It is understood that the delegation will, during its stay in Washington, confer with influential political leaders with a view to deciding upon the necessary steps to be taken further to relieve the Jews in Roumania from persecution.