The Archive · 1941

Rabbis Urge Aid to Britain

America was urged to give all possible ald to Britain in recent Sermons by New York, rabbis, who emphasized that on the outcome of the European war depended the survival of democracy and of religious civilization, says the New York "The present war between democracy atid Nazism is the struggle for the survival of religious civiliza-ton," Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein declare "Many leaders of American thought are merely rendering lip service to religious civilization. This is evidenced by their desire to render comfort or indirect ald to Nazi Germany. Are we not yet conscious of the fact that the enemy of the Christian as well as the Jew is Nazism? It is Nazism versus Christianity. It is Nazism versus religion.

Rabbi Max Felshin said: "Amer-ca must decide to accept her his. tone responsibility to aid freedom and democracy as against enslave. ment and tyranny.

"What America needs now than ever before is a modern El the prophet who spoke to the people of Israel in times of similar notional emergency, How long will ye halt between two opinions? "If ye are for God follow Him; but if you choose the idols follow them.'"

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