New York - The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), the
largest Orthodox rabbinic group in North America, deplores the attempt of a
small but vocal group to undermine the image Americans have of strong,
unshakeable, wall-to-wall Jewish support of Israel.
Two chassidic communities well known for their rejection of
a Jewish state have agreed to a joint rally in Manhattan on Sunday, June 9.
Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, RCA President, said, “It is an insult
to the memory of the Satmar Rov, ob"m, that his disciples a generation
later would take to the streets to publicly aid the many enemies who stand
ready to destroy, G-d forbid, the Jewish State - and all Jews. For all his
well-known opposition to a secular state, he always put the protection of
Jewish lives first.
It is unthinkable that as the largest Jewish community in
the world deals with a nuclear threat from Iran, a military front opening with
Syria, and the mushrooming of global anti-Semitism, that he would have
countenanced aiding and abetting our enemies.”
Rabbi Mark Dratch, Executive Vice President of the RCA,
added, “We call on all Jews, Orthodox and not, to redouble their efforts to
explain to their fellow Americans their commitment to the Jewish State and its
central position in their thinking, even when they find fault with certain
positions of its government, as happens with the policies of any true
democracy.”
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