“Punishment of the Nazi murderers for the unprecedented cruelties and mass massacres which they are committing daily against the Jewish communities in Europe, will not right the wrong that has been inflicted upon the Jewish people, “Rabbi Meyer Berlin, president of the World Mizrachi Organization, last night told 800 men and women at a farewell dinner given him at the Hotel Commodore prior to his return to Palestine.
“Abolition of the Nuremberg laws and the restoration of equal rights in principle will not in themselves solve the problem of Jewish homelessness and do away with Jewish tragedy,” Rabbi Berlin said. “Only the establishment of a free Jewish commonwealth in Palestine to serve as a home and a haven for the survivors of the Nazi mass massacres will create the foundation for the permanent solution of this truly urgent problem.”
In tribute to his achievements, Rabbi Berlin was presented with a scroll to which scores of synagogues and organizations in the metropolitan area were signatories, certifying to the fact that they have each contributed the amount of $100 for the inscription of his name in the Golden Book of the Jewish National Fund.
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