Rev. Dr. Eliezer W. Kirzner, formerly of New York, was inducted here as Grand Rabbi and head of the religious tribunal of the Federation of Synagogues, a group of more than 50 Orthodox synagogues in London and vicinity. Dr. Immanuel Jacobovits, Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, officiated at the installation services and hailed the “unprecedented unity in the ranks of Orthodox Jewry.”
In his induction sermon, Rabbi Kirzner told an audience of distinguished representatives of British Jewish religious and lay organizations that “the heroic stand of Israel recently saved our lives and our honor. We must continue to make every sacrifice for Israel, we must increase Jewish immigration to Israel and we must give Israel every practical support.”
He spoke also of the “millions of our brethren who live under oppression,” and declared that in Britain, “we must work to secure for them the right to live as Jews.”
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