Following the 1974 UN Resolution equating Zionism with racism, Chavez wrote to Rabbi Sidney Jacobs of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California.
From the letter, reproduced below:
The following statement was adopted by the National
Executive Board of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO
The recent United Nations resolution condemning Zionism as
racism is an affront to the Jewish people who have been history’s primary
victims of racism.
As an embattled minority who have suffered the humiliation
and degradation of racial and economic discrimination in this country, we know
first hand the ravages brought by intolerance and prejudice. This resolution
will encourage the latent anti-semitism that has been a blot on world history
and continues to stain the conscience of mankind
A national Home for the Jewish People is the natural and
legitimate aspiration of one of history’s most oppressed minorities. We are
proud to stand with our Jewish brothers and sisters in America in affirming Israel’s
right to live in peace with her neighbors. As democratic trade unions and human beings we
can do no less.
Warmest personal regards. Viva la Causa!
Cesar Chavez, President
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