The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, at its annual convention, today went on record in opposition to cantonization of partition of Palestine.
A resolution adopted by the more than 200 rabbis assembled at the Hotel Ostend asserted that the plan “would be deemed a flagrant
violation of the mandate and the pledges contained in the Balfour Declaration, as well as a contravention of the religious rights of the Jewish people, to whom the whole of Palestine has been sacred not only as a homeland but also as the spiritual fountain-head of its entire religious life.”
The rabbis asked Great Britain “to remember God’s promise to bring the Children of Israel into Palestine and make them a proud nation, as well as his pledge to extend the borders up to the Great Sea, envisaging a unified Palestine as the domain of the Jewish people and the very center of its cultural and religious existence.”
The resolution, proposed by Rabbi Joseph Konvitz, president, reaffirmed “the respect and admiration of the rabbis for Great Britain as one of the worthy powers of the world.” It conveyed blessings to King George and Queen Elizabeth on their forthcoming coronation and to their subjects.
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