Below
is a resolution proclaiming your synagogue’s or school’s
solidarity with Yerushalayim.
We ask that all synagogues and schools adopt this important
proclamation.
Please call us at (212) 613-8123 to let us know you have done
so.
May,
2000
A
PROCLAMATION OF SOLIDARITY WITH JERUSALEM ON THE 33RD ANNIVERSARY OF
REUNIFICATION AND ON THE 52ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
WHEREAS
2000 Marks fifty-two years of independence of the State of Israel, a
modern-day miracle we are fortunate to witness in our time, and;
WHEREAS
King David first declared Jerusalem the capital of ancient Israel
nearly 3000 years ago, and;
WHEREAS
over the centuries of exile from Israel, there has always been a
continuous Jewish presence in Jerusalem, and;
WHEREAS
Jerusalem remained the focus of national, religious, and spiritual
aspirations to the Jewish people despite their exile, and;
WHEREAS
access to the holy sites in the city was regularly denied to
worshippers during the many years Jerusalem was held by outside
conquerors, and;
WHEREAS
Jerusalem was divided in two following Israel’s War of
Independence and one half of the city was barred to Jews, and;
WHEREAS
Jerusalem was reunited by Israel 33 years ago, and;
WHEREAS
in 1990 the United States Senate and House of Representatives
overwhelmingly adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 106 and House
Concurrent Resolution 290 declaring that Jerusalem, the capital of
Israel, “must remain a united city,” and reaffirmed it on March
17, 1994, and;
WHEREAS
93 United States Senators joined in March of 1995 in an
unprecedented public letter to Secretary of State Warren Christopher
declaring that “Jerusalem is and shall remain the undivided
capital of the State of Israel”, and that “the United States
Embassy belongs in Jerusalem,” and;
WHEREAS
in October 1995 the Senate reaffirmed in a loud, near unanimous vote
that United Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and declared that it
is the policy of the United States to relocate our embassy to
Jerusalem where it has always belonged, and;
WHEREAS
this year marks the 33rd year that Jerusalem has been administered
as a unified city in which the rights of all faiths have been
respected and protected, and;
WHEREAS
throughout its long history Jerusalem was controlled by many
sovereigns, but served as the capital only of the Jewish
nation, and;
WHEREAS
Jerusalem is the eternal, united capital of Israel, and;
WHEREAS
the status of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel continues to be
challenged;
THEREFORE
IT BE RESOLVED THAT
We,
the (name of synagogue or school) join with the people of Israel,
the Jewish community of the United States of America, and the
Orthodox Union in reaffirming that Jerusalem is and must remain the
eternal capital of Israel, united and under Israeli sovereignty and
that (name of synagogue or school) will increase their efforts to
educate American policy-makers and the public about the unique
status of Jerusalem in the life of Israel and world Jewry.
We continue to strongly urge moving the United States Embassy
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem immediately as legislated by the United
States Congress. We
strongly urge the government of Israel to stand by it’s
commitment, unequivocally stated by all previous Israeli
governments, to preserve the integrity of Jerusalem as the Jewish
capital in fact as well as in name.
