Resolution by the Central Conference of American Rabbis Expressing Appreciation for the Balfour Declaration
kg: bn: Resolution by the Central Conference of American Rabbis Expressing Appreciation for the Balfour Declaration [Judaica]
Broadside. 1918. Unsigned.
K10571 $600
The resolution reads, in part: "The Central Conference of the American Rabbis notes with graceful appreciation the declaration of the British Government by Mr. Balfour as an evidence of good-will toward Jews."
The Balfour Declaration reads,
"Foreign Office
November 2nd, 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
"His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely, Arthur James Balfour"
Broadside. 1918. Unsigned.
K10571 $600
The resolution reads, in part: "The Central Conference of the American Rabbis notes with graceful appreciation the declaration of the British Government by Mr. Balfour as an evidence of good-will toward Jews."
The Balfour Declaration reads,
"Foreign Office
November 2nd, 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
"His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely, Arthur James Balfour"