Evening star., 1939-05-20
Washington Rabbis
Issue Statements
On Palestine Policy
Love Of English People
For Bible Cited in
Attempted Betrayal

Responding to national call from
DR.. Solomon Goldman, president Of
the Zionist Organization of Amer
lea, for special services in all syna-
gogues, Washington rabbis have is
sued statements concerning Great
Britain'S new policy for Palestine.
Part OF the statements follow:
Rabbi Solomon H Metz: Know
ing the love of the English people
for the Bible and their sense of fair
play, we know that the attempted
betrayal of the Palestine cause in
the white paper does not express
the sentiments Of the whole of Eng
land"
Rabbi Aaron Volkman: I'm these
trying moments of bitter disappoint-
ment because of the betrayal of the
British government, in the breach
of covenant with my people, it is
necessary for me as rabbi in Israel
to plead with my people to brace
up in their hope, and to know that
the entire will is not left yet to the
British government"
Covenant With God.
Rabbi Zemach Green. THE bono
of the Jew with Palestine is a cove
nant of God and as long as the Bible
exists, no political yicissitudes and
no diplomatic expediencies will
swerve Israel from its historical
claim on Palestine"
Rabbi Joshua Klavan: I'VE will
continue our holy work in Palestine
and show the world that there is
no force that can destroy the AL
mighty's promise as it is stated in
the Holy Bible"
Rabbi M. H. Levinson: "DeStruc-
ton of the mandate by the British
government does not mean that the
Jew has lost his hope for Palestine.
1t means only that he must grid
himself stronger than before. The
Jewish declaration Of Palestine is
the Bible and this cannot be de-
stroyed"
Rabbi Harry Silverstone: Every
Jew in America must stand up anc
be counted anG ready to defend
Jewish rights and to plead that the
gates Of Palestine be opened and
remain opened
Estate Department statistics
showed that 9,100 Jews of American
nationality already are in Palestine.
officials were not able to say, how
ever how many Of these immigrants
still were entitled to United States
protection. Financial investment of
American Jews in Palestine was es-
timated officially at S41,000y00O and
that of Americans. other than Jews,
at S7,80O0OO)
Cites 137th Psalm.
Rabbi Henry Segal: The calam-
lty with which we have now been
so Staggeringly overwhelmed comes
at time when the largest portion
OF our people finds itself hopeless
and helpless, prosecuted and pow
erty- stricken, driven forth from the
lands which they called their homes
for centuries In this moment of
great crisis we turn once more to
the prophetic 18th Psalm and
chant with fervor. IF I forget thee.
0 Jerusalem, may my right hand
lose its cunning"
Rabbi Julius T. Loeb: The white
paper is the blackest crime ever
committed upon a helpless, trust
ing and loyal people. /" -" The Jews
will not desist-will never surren-
der their rights or their claims
upon the one land which has been
covenanted to them from tirz.- i'm
memorial and attested to by a.. the
terms and conditions of lnJerna-
tional law"
Rabbi Isadore Breslau, in a special
sermon at Adas Israel Synagogue
last night: You, the people Of
Great Britain, must so swell the
chorus of right and justice that
your present government will be
lmpelled to do what is right and
what is just; to keep open the doors
OF Palestine, to continue its manda-
tory protection over the country and
to facilitate as it has promised the
establishment Of a Jewish home
land"
Meanwhile, the American Zionist
Bureau announced that among
prominent Americans who had
cabled new protests to Prime Min
lister Chamberlain are:
Mayor La Guardia of New York.
Carrie Chapman Gait. Senators
Wagner, Democrat, of New York.
and Green, Democrat, of Rhode Is
land. and William Green and John
l. Lewis, heads of the American
Federation of Labor and the Con-
gress for Industrial Organization.