Lieut. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, U.S. commander in Austria, issued a statement to all Jewish personnel in his command extending best wishes for the coming High Holidays. Gen. Keyes said the observance of the holidays “is of particular significance, representing a fundamental concept of the American way of life–freedom of religion.”
The U.S. commander said that the Holy Days are important not only in their religious aspect, but in the sense that “they will renew the strength of the Jewish members of this command to continue unabated the present difficult tasks of re-establishing Austria as a free and independent nation.”
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
