Leaflet – Response of Reform Rabbis to the Balfour Declaration – Chicago, 1918

Leaflet – Response of Reform Rabbis to the Balfour Declaration – Chicago, 1918
Resolution adopted by the Central Conference of American Rabbis at Chicago ILL., July 4th, 1918, Anent the Balfour Declaration. [Chicago, 1918]. English.
Printed leaflet presenting the resolution adopted by members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis in the United States in response to the Balfour Declaration. The Central Conference expresses support for enabling Jewish immigration to Palestine, but rejects the notion of defining Palestine as the national home of the Jewish people. In the opinion of the authors, like members of all other religions, Jews must have the right to settle freely and live as equals anywhere in the world, and it is of paramount importance that this right be upheld. In their words, "Jews in America are part of the American nation. The ideal of the Jew is not the establishment of a Jewish state – not the re-assertion of Jewish nationality which has long been outgrown. We believe that our survival as a people is dependent upon the assertion and the maintenance of our historic religious role and not upon the acceptance of Palestine as a home-land of the Jewish people. The mission of the Jew is to witness to God all over the world."
[1] f. (printed on one side only), 21.5 cm. Good condition.