Tag: religious

Background

It has become increasingly the case that when Masorti/Conservative groups have wished to daven in Israeli hotels, they have been denied the use of hotel-owned Sifrei Torah if the service was not in accordance with Orthodox practice. In some cases the hotels have offered to locate a Sefer Torah from outside the hotel at an additional fee to the guests. In other cases it became necessary for guests to make arrangements on their own.

Resolution

Whereas Israel is the homeland for all Jewish People;

WHEREAS the Government of Ontario is constitutionally mandated to provide

for the education of every child in Ontario; and

WHEREAS the Government of Ontario currently funds the Roman Catholic

Separate School system in keeping with the historic Confederation Agreement

of 1867 in that province; and

WHEREAS independent denominational schools completely comply with Ontario

Secondary School Diploma requirements; and

WHEREAS the Megillat ha-Atzmaut of Israel declares that the State of Israel will guarantee freedom of religion to all of its citizens; and

WHEREAS Jewish history has shown that the Jewish religion and the Jewish people are strengthened by a pluralistic outlook, whereby Jews embrace the spirit of the dictum that differing opinions are the "words of the living God" (TB Eruvin 13b); and

WHEREAS such religious freedom and religious pluralism will strengthen the Jewish identity of Israel's citizens of the State itself.