Parting Message From Chief Rabbi

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 25, 2 December 1938, Page 5

Parting Message From Chief Rabbi

A LPHOUGH he had left aN New Zealand for an extended trip abroad by the time last week’s "‘Reeord’’ was on the strevis, the Chief Rabbi in New Zealand, the Rev. Solomon Kaiz, received an early copy before he left Wellington. . The issue featured a timely and spoitancous expression by spiritual leaders in New Zealand of sympathy with the German Jewry, victims of one of the harshest pogroms of history, "Keep up the good work," was Rubbi Kaiz’s parting message for the "Recerd." "Keen on tciling the peopie of New 2calani tae ontent of the problem which the Jowish people are facing teday. it is a probjem which conccrns every civilised country, and which the democracies must face up to, Not until! the democracies Stand firm in the face of totalitarianism can there be any hope for the ultimate happiness of the world." Too late for publication in last weel’s issue, a further message of sympathy with the German Jewry was reccived by the "Record" from the Rev. Canon W. W. Averill, an ex-padre, and son of Archbishop Averill. "The insane and bestial cruelty of minds that can plan, execute and condone the recent atrocities perpetrated against the Jewish minorities in Central Kurope definitely puts the Nazi regime beyond the pale of civilised society,’ declared Canon Averill. "It stands revealed as a declaration of hoodlums. The | sympathy of all men .of good. _ will, irrespective of class or _ creed, goes out to these helpless victims of State-organised brutality. The one redeeming | feature of the whole business is the news that in the minds of the German people there is a growing resentment against the mora! leprosy of the political leaders responsible for so hideous a recrudescence of barbarism. One can only hope — that the protests by the Presi. _ dent of the United States and others will have the effect of ending ‘this -devilteh ‘perecou- , sa 4 aos . a . Eh ee NSS OORT $ See a OT ee Tn eC S, Te, OP RL ae Tm