Resolution
Adopted by the CCAR
Jerusalem
Adopted by the
101st Annual Convention of
the Central
Conference of American
Rabbis
Seattle, Washington, June 1990
WHEREAS the City of Jerusalem has forever been the capital of
Israel from antiquity
to our time,
and
WHEREAS the administration of
Mayor Teddy Kollek has striven, for the most part successfully,
to maintain good relations among
the religious and ethnic groups in the city, particularly
within the city,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Central
Conference of American Rabbis reaffirms
our conviction that Jerusalem be a united city, and capital of
the State of Israel.
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the CCAR commend Mayor Teddy Kollek for his
courageous
and balanced
contributions to peace in his land, and on behalf of all its
inhabitants.
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED that the CCAR call upon the government of the United States
actively to recognize a united
Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that members of the CCAR devote sermons
and other educational
efforts on
the subjects of the complex demographic and political dimensions of
Jerusalem
and of the centrality of
Jerusalem to Israel, to Judaism and to the Jewish people.