The Houston Rabbinical Association today made public the text of a resolution adopted last week, assailing Rabbi Hyman J. Schachtel “for statements on Zionism that misrepresent the purposes and origins of that movement.” The resolution affirmed the association’s support “of the Zionist movement, whose central practical purpose is to rebuild Palestine as a free and democratic Jewish Commonwealth.”
The new Reform Congregation Emanu-El of Houston, formed by a group which broke away from Congregation Beth Israel last year, today announced that $192,000 has so far been pledged for the construction of its permanent temple building. The new congregation was formed as an expression of opposition to the “basic principles” adopted by the Beth Israel group, which prohibited new members from voting unless they signed a statement disassociating themselves from Zionism and rejecting Kashruth.
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