Original sentence: An the summer of 1937, at the third convention of the rabbinical leaders of Agudath Israel held in Mariband, Kotler and the other rabbis there were unanimous in rejecting any proposal for a "Jewish State" on either side of the Jordan River, even if it were established as a religious state.Kotler, like many Orthodox leaders, was anti-Zionist before World War II
Edited sentence: (See Hapardes Year 11, Issue 7).Kotler, was very anti-zionist, in the summer of 1937 at the third convention of the rabbinical leaders of Agudath Israel held in Mariband, Kotler, among other rabbis were unanimous in rejecting any proposal for a "Jewish State" on either side of the Jordan River, even if it were established as a religious state because such a regime would be a form of heresy in our faith in the belief in the coming of the Messiah, and especially since this would be built on heresy and desecration of the Name of G-d