The Rabbinical Alliance of America has issued a statement registering “strong opposition” to the granting of equal rights by the World Zionist Congress to the Conservative and Reform Movements in World Zionist Organization education programs in the diaspora. The Orthodox group, in its statement, signed by Rabbi Abraham B. Hecht, president of the Alliance, declared:
“This action is an insult to the traditional Jews worldwide. It will cause irreparable harm to the unity of the Jewish people and will bring further division in the already splintered Jewish community. This can result in destructive consequences in the State of Israel. We urge the World Zionist Congress to repudiate this vote and thus remove a cancer which threatens to destroy Jewish life and the Jewish faith.” After the equal rights measure created turmoil at the Congress in Jerusalem last week, Leon Dulzin, WZO chairman, promised to refer the measure to the Congress Court.
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