A world convocation of leaders of all religions was urged here today by Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, following his return from a five-month global tour, during which he met with leaders of various religions. He suggested that the convocation should be held in 1960, after intensive consultations with the World Council of Churches, Vatican, and representatives of Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Islam and Judaism.
Rabbi Eisendrath also suggested that the religious groups of all faiths in the United States and throughout the world should consider “a more direct and forceful action against Communism to counteract the obvious intent of the Soviet leaders to destroy all organized religion behind the iron curtain.” At the same time, he urged that the exchanges between Soviet and Western religious leaders should be continued and intensified “so that the freedom and vitality of religion in the democratic world will be brought home to the Russian people and may awaken the repressed yearning for religious fulfilment and religious liberty.”
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