Rabbi Jacob P. Rudin, president of the Synagogue Council of America, called on synagogues throughout the nation today to support the National Mobilization in support of the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington on June 19. The Synagogue Council is the central coordinating agency for the three branches of American Jewry. Rabbi Rudin urged rabbis and laymen to be in Washington in large numbers as “a demonstration of the will of people – white and black – to bring new light into the darkness and new hope to the hearts of the dispirited.”
Albert Vorspan, director of social action of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, disclosed that the Reform Jewish body is alerting all of its member temples to rally their congregants to support the June 19 assembly. The support would be in the form of financial and logistical arrangements, Mr. Vorspan said. He noted that the UAHC has endorsed the call by Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader, for white people to join Negroes in the June 19 assembly.
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