Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
JERUSALEM
Digests of resolutions adopted by the
Central Conference of American Rabbis
between 1889 and 1974
1. Gathered at its national convention in Jerusalem, the Central Conference of
American
Rabbis affirms its commitment to the preservation of the unity of this city,
heartland
of Jewish existence from ages past until this day. We stand with the State of
Israel in opposing any efforts to restore Jerusalem to its prior severed
condition where
Jewish sacred places were violated, the Hebrew University and the Hadassah
hospital
shut down, and the Jewish inhabitants placed in jeopardy. The State of Israel
must
continue to safeguard the holy places of Christendom and Islam, but it must
not be expected
to relinquish its right to sovereignty over the city which in its totality is
sacred
to the Jewish people. For the sake of Zion we shall not be silent. (1970, p.
67)
2. This convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, meeting in
Jerusalem,
commits itself to the principle of the unity of Jerusalem and we call upon
each of
our members to petition their own governments to take stands in the council of
nations to advance the cause of the unity of Jerusalem. Our tradition
expresses the mandate
that we "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." We pledge to accompany
our prayers with
concrete acts of petition and to be builders of Jerusalem for today. (1974, p.
46)