The Central Conference of American Rabbis, representative body of the Reform rabbis in this country, made public a resolution today terming the reunification by Israel of Jerusalem as “a fulfilment of Divine promise.” The resolution applauded the Government of Israel “for its solemn pledge to safeguard the holy places of Jerusalem which are sacred to all faiths and to guarantee access to them.”
Rabbi Edward T. Sandrow, president of the New York Board of Rabbis, called on President Johnson and the United States Government this weekend to support Israel in its claim to the Old City of Jerusalem. Rabbi Sandrow, who made the request in a sermon, cited the “exemplary” conduct of the State of Israel during the past 19 years in its “concern and encouragement for the independence and integrity of every religious group within its borders.”
The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada approved and sent to President Johnson today a resolution urging the United States to support Israel’s claims to the Old City of Jerusalem, The 200 rabbis declared in the resolution that “Jerusalem always was and will al-ways remain the holiest city of the Jewish people” and that “a united Jewish Jerusalem is part of the tenets of the Jewish creed.”
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