leasing J. Rosenwald was reelected here last night to serve for a sixth term as president of the American Council for Judaism at the closing session of the three-day annual conference of the organization.
The conference adopted a resolution pledging the organization to full cooperation in all efforts toward “revitalization of Judaism in America.”Another resolution protested against “the use of coercion and intimidation in fund-raising and in discussion of public issues.”One of the resolutions adopted expressed support for the bills now in Congress which would liberalize the present DP law to permit the entry of increased numbers of displaced persons to the United States.
Emphasizing that there is a distinction between the obligations of religion and those of nationality, the Council in one of its resolutions said: “We share come-on religious beliefs with those in Israel who are Jews, but we have no political or national rights or responsibilities to their state as they have no national connection with us. We seek to build here in America a Judaism that will serve as a shining example to the Jews of Israel and to all other communities throughout the world. We believe that expressions of Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Judaism, free of nationalism and stressing the universal traditions of our faith, are essential to the survival of Judaism in America.”
In its resolution on fund-raising, the Council described philanthropy as “an express ion of personal responsibility to be determined by the conscience of each individual.” The resolution said: “We urge our co-religionists to conduct all organized efforts for fund-raising and for creating public opinion with the most meticulous reward to the basic freedoms of America and Judaism respecting the individual’s freedom of conscience.” The resolution urged American Jews “to give most generously to such organizations as, in conformity with their personal convictions, raise funds for the relief, resettlement, rehabilitation, and other humanitarian needs of our co-religionists.”
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