Resolution Adopted by the Central Conference of American Rabbis [in response to Balfour Declaration]
Price: $950.00
- Bookseller: Historicana
- Seller Inventory #: 26
- Format: No binding
- Book condition: Fine
- Place: Chicago
- Date published: 1918
Book Description
Reform Movement’s Opposition to a Jewish State (REFORM MOVEMENT/ANTI ZIONISM BY AMERICAN JEWS) Resolution Adopted by the Central Conference of American Rabbis at Chicago, Ill., July 4th, 1918, Anent the Balfour Declaration. Small circular/broadsheet, measuring 8 1/2 inches x 5 1/2 inches. Blank verso. Fine condition. The Reform Movement’s announcement of opposition to a Jewish State. An important footnote to the history of Zionism: Conscientiously issued on July 4th (clearly emphasizing American ties), and within seven months of the passing of the Balfour Declaration, the CCAR, representing the position of Reform Judaism in America proclaimed: "We are opposed to the idea that Palestine should be considered the homeland of the Jews. Jews in America are part of the American nation. The ideal of the Jew is not the establishment of a Jewish state…" Numerous printed names appear below the statement, headed by the Chairman, Edward N. Calisch.
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