Acting in protest against the anti-Jewish laws which the Nazis have proclaimed in Holland, the Ecumenical Association, a religious organization in the Netherlands, has announced its dissolution, it was reported her by the International Christian Press and Information Service which is conducted jointly by the World Council of Churches and by the World Alliances of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.
A letter sent by the Ecumenical Association to all its members, explaining its dissolution, states; “in the decree of October 2, 1941, it is stated that persons of Jewish origin are not allowed to participate in associations of a non-economic character or to collaborate with such associations. It is the opinion of your committee that though this decree the separation between Jews and non-Jews is introduced into the association. The committee considers that this separation can in no way be accepted since it would mean that we would sever our relations with Jesus Christ, Himself born from Israel, of Jewish blood, for Whom there was on this earth no difference between Jew and Greek.”
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