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STATE OF ISRAEL
THE PRESIDENT
Jerusalem, 12 August 2003
14th Av, 5763
Rabbi Shmuel Jakobovits.
Dean,
Harav Lord Jakobovits Institute of
Contemporary Issues
Beit Tovei Hair,
36 Malchai Yisrael Street,
Jerusalem 95501
Dear Rabbi Jakobovits,
Re:
Your Letter of the 15th Tammuz 5763
I
wish to thank you for the report you kindly
sent me on the extensive undertakings of the
Harav Lord Jakobovits Institute of
Contemporarv Issues of the “Ura Kevodi”
organization, named after your late father,
Rabbi Lord Yisrael (Emanuel) Jakobovits, the
leader and Chief Rabbi of British Jewry, and
to congratulate you on your widespread
activities.
The
growing chasm between those maintaining the
Torah and the commandments and the free
thinkers harms our society and endangers our
national strength. There is great national
importance in building bridges between the
various sectors of society, in maintaining
and strengthening the Jewish-democratic
character of the state and in attaining
internal solidarity.
I
support the aims you have set for yourselves
and identify with your point of view
regarding the supreme obligation of Haredi
society to preserve the Torah in its purity
in Israel, which includes the obligation to
maintain the internal unity and Jewish
identity of the entire House of Israel.
Indeed there is a necessity to an extensive
survey of the situation and a deep
examination of the course in order to be
able to present viable possibilities to the
Great Rabbis and to obtain their support.
I
wish you and your colleagues every success
in the new, responsible and courageous path
you are paving for Haredi society, aimed at
promoting discussions, understanding and
peace between all sectors in Israel.
Yours sincerely,
Moshe Katzav |
