Reply To: Rabbi Moshe Sherer and the modern State of Israel

from the ArtScroll History Series biography
of Rabbi Moshe Sherer, chapter 13, page 321:

“He [Rabbi Moshe Sherer] assured [Prime Minister] Rabin…
that he could always count on Agudath Israel of America
to be strongly supportive of Israel’s security needs.”

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from from the ArtScroll History Series biography
of Rabbi Moshe Sherer, chapter 15, page 356:

“Rabbi [Moshe] Sherer responded at length.
He pointed out that the opposition to religious umbrella groups
did not preclude Jews joining together on issues as
Israel’s security or combating anti-Semitism.”

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from from the ArtScroll History Series biography
of Rabbi Moshe Sherer, chapter 22, page 545:

“Rabbi [Moshe] Sherer’s summary of a confidential
June 17, 1970 [CE] meeting with Israel’s
Ambassador to Washington Yitzchak Rabin
reflects his lifelong approach to Israel’s security needs.”

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from from the ArtScroll History Series biography
of Rabbi Moshe Sherer, chapter 22, page 546:

The offer of political support Rabbi Sherer made
to Yitzchak Rabin was one he would repeat
on many occasions to Israeli leaders.

In a 1981 [CE] letter to Israeli Ambassador Ephraim Efron,
for instance, he described Agudath Israel’s grassroots
constituency as a “reservoir of manpower which is
totally committed to the safety and security of Israel.”

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