The Jewish Advocate today made public a letter from Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland in which he states that he is not a candidate for the presidency of the Zionist Organization of America and expresses the hope that Morris Rothenberg will be re-elected.
“The present incumbent of the office, Mr. Morris Rothenberg,” Rabbi Silver says, “has made an excellent president. He has brought to his position fine qualities of devoted and quiet leadership, integrity and a spirit of conciliation. His Administration this year was particularly successful. His tour through the middlewest and the west in behalf of the Zionist cause was eminently successful and made a host of friends for Palestine.”
The letter adds: “I trust that the Zionists of America will have the wisdom to re-elect him at the forthcoming Convention.”
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