Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
CONVENING IN JERUSALEM
Adopted at the 106th Annual Convention of the
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Jerusalem, Israel
March, 1995 / Adar II, 5755
Meeting in convention in the holy city of Jerusalem, the eternal capital of
Israel and of the Jewish people, the members of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis are mindful of the time and events that fill our hearts and
minds.
Ours is a generation of tragedy and restoration. Fifty years ago, the world
was horrified by the revelations of atrocity at Auschwitz which emerged upon
its liberation. Our people had been deeply wounded – six million had been
brutally murdered; the European center of our life which had flourished for
over a thousand years was destroyed; the civilized world had chosen to look
away from its own failures. At the same time, the gates to the homeland were
barred to Jewish olim, and anti-Semitism was virulently active even in those
countries which had fought to victory against the Nazis.
Today we assemble in an Israel restored, a Jewish sovereign state about to
become the largest center of Jews in the world. God has restored the fortunes
of Zion. Our people have revived the neglected land and made it a home for
our downtrodden, from Ethiopia to Siberia. We have outlasted our totalitarian
enemies. Jews have reached unprecedented heights of economic and political
security in Western countries.
We are blessed with the ability to assemble in anticipation of the 3000th
anniversary of the founding of Jerusalem, the hundredth anniversary of the
first Zionist Congress and the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of
the State of Israel.
We feel a deep sense of privilege in being both witnesses to these events and
participants in shaping their development. The CCAR reaffirms its full
support for a united Jerusalem under Israeli political control.
We rejoice that we stand within your gates, O Jerusalem, and, as humble
pilgrims, we pray for your peace and well being.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Central Conference of American Rabbis
reaffirm its full support for a united Jerusalem under Israeli political
control. We resolve to seek the good of Jerusalem, and the well-being and the
good of all Israel: Be praised O Eternal, whose shelter of peace is spread