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The Cairo Daily Bulletin
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois
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In July 1870, a convention of Rabbis in Cleveland, Ohio, passed resolutions affirming Jewish principles of faith in one God, universal brotherhood, religious tolerance for all creeds, love for fellow man, civil and religious liberty with church-state separation, reverence for the US as home, support for government and free education, and human elevation through science, morality, justice, freedom, and truth. Presented by Dr. Lilienthal of Cincinnati.
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Dr. Lilienthal, of Cincinnati, said, that, in consideration of the religious commotions now agitating the public in both hemispheres, in accordance with the principles of Judaism, it was unanimously declared:
1. Because, with unmistaken faith and firmness we believe in the invisible and eternal God, we also believe in the common fatherhood of God and the common brotherhood of men.
2. We glory in the sublime doctrine of our religion, which teaches that the religions of all nations, without distinctions of creeds, will enjoy eternal life and everlasting happiness.
3. The divine command, the most sublime passage of the Bible—"Thou shalt love thy fellow man as thyself." extends to the entire human family without distinction of either race or creed.
4. Civil and religious liberty, and hence the separation of church and State, are the inalienable rights of men, and we consider them to be the brightest gems in the constitution of the United States.
5. We love and revere this country as our home and fatherland for us and our children, and therefore consider it our permanent duty to sustain the government, to favor by all means free education, leaving religious instructions to the care of the different denominations.
6. We expect the universal elevation and fraternization of the whole human family to be achieved by the natural means of science, morality, justice, freedom and truth.
These resolutions were signed by every Rabbi present.
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Dr. Lilienthal And Rabbis Present
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in response to religious commotions, the rabbis unanimously affirm core jewish principles including belief in one god and universal brotherhood, tolerance for all religions, love for all humanity, support for civil and religious liberties with church-state separation, loyalty to the us government, advocacy for free education, and human progress through science, morality, justice, freedom, and truth.
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