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Dr. Schulman, an outstanding Jewish scholar, an eloquent preacher and forceful writer, has at all times been courageous and effective in his utterances in defense of Jewish ideals. He has championed the causes of social justice and universal peace. He has interpreted the traditions and institutions of America with passionate zeal. For a long time he was opposed to the ideals of the Zionist movement, to the regeneration of Palestine. As a leading Reform Rabbi, he believed that the Zionist ideals might jeopardize the status of the Jewish people in the diaspora. But after the Balfour Declaration and especially after the Jewish Agency had been formed for the purpose of cooperating with the mandatory power in the upbuilding of Palestine as a Jewish national home, Dr. Schulman worked sincerely and energetically for the cause of a rebuilt Zion. There were times when Dr. Schulman preached a philosophy of Jewish life which was unpopular with the majority of the Jewish masses, but he was unafraid to stand alone because of his convictions. And when he became convinced that the pledge given by the nations to the Jewish people with regard to Palestine and the task undertaken by the Jewish people to rehabilitate the land of their fathers become a national obligation, he was not afraid to reverse himself. His sincerity and his wholehearted devotion to the Jewish people have never been questioned.