We Raise Our Voices to Jerusalem
Representing more than 150 community synagogues in North America and 50 communities in Israel, we at the National Council of Young Israel are charging our constituent rabbinic leaders, and members of other Rabbinic organizations to speak out in support of a united Jerusalem.
We must raise our voices at the thought of losing our united captial of Jerusalem, says Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Vice President and Rabbi Neil Winkler of the Young Israel of Fort Lee, New Jersey. To defend against any proposal to divide Jerusalem, we are advising all our
Rabbis and affiliates to expound on the absolute unity of Jerusalem in their sermons, and to rally their congregations to write to Israel’s Ambassador in Washington D.C., and to write to editors of secular and Jewish media in support of Jerusalem.
We are also working to align major Jewish groups to protect Jerusalem, which is now in danger of being carved up, with plans floated to make East Jerusalem the capital of a Palestinian State, and giving the Temple Mount to Jordan. “We are building a rabbinic coalition and will be calling upon you to add your name and voice to a campaign in support of the undivided City of Jerusalem,” wrote Rabbi Lerner and Rabbi Winkler to their colleagues.