Tensions Among Religious Leaders, Ben-Gurion's Mail Includes Gripes, Pleas • and Advice
JOSHUA H. JUSTMAN devoted ladies — conduct this fined to acknowledging receipt
`Triple Ghetto' Hideouts, Charged By Chief
JTA Correspondent
special branch of the Premier's of the letter—is then followed
Israel
office, and they have laid down by a more detailed one,
(Copyright, 1962, Jewish
in Lip, Vorspan UAHC Volume
a
rule which is never broken— ing the writer whether and
Telegraphic Agency, Inc )

Rabbi Eugene J. Lipman, di-
rector of synagogue activities,
and Albert Vorspan, director
of the commission of social ac-
tion, of the Union of American

Hebrew Congregations, under-
took a study of inter-religious
relations in 10 American cities
— Boston, Cleveland, Los An-
geles, Muncie, Nashville, New
York City, Philadelphia, Plain-
view, Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The result of their findings is
incorporated in a most reveal-
ing b o o k. "A Tale of Ten
Cities," published by the Re-
Vorspan
Rabbi Lipman
form movement they serve, the
UAHC (838 5th, NY 21). The is sometimes violated — but
sub-title. based on the study the tradition remains. And that
of inter-group relations among makes all the difference."
the three major faiths, is: "The The authors of "A Tale of
Triple Ghetto in American Re- ITen Cities" reveal, among their

ligious -
Life." This at once ex- findings, that recent Supreme
poses the findings as indicat- Court decisions indicate that

ing that there is limited com- America is not a "Christian na-
munication between followers tion" but has emerged as a
of the Catholic. Protestant and "religiously
plural society, - now
Jewish faiths.
in its `post-Protestant phase."
The two authors, who de- . They assert that there is little
voted themselves to thorough communication between
leaders
research in arriving at their of Judaism, Catholicism
and

conclusions, state that "thereProtestantism,
and that they
;
is wide agreement on the ulti- ' come together only on formal
mate goals of racial justice and occasions, rarely developing a
equality." that: In the area • personal relationship.

of race relations, there is a Dealing with atheists and
high degree of agreement secularists. the authors also
among leaders of American state that "non-believers repre-
opinion regarding the principle sent the most important un-
of human equality." organized minority in American
But, "there is no compar- life." They point out that "the
able agreement among re- ! right to disbelieve has always

JERUSALEM — Prime Min- each and every letter is an- what steps have been taken to
swered within a week. Hence, meet his request or to remedy
ester David Ben-Gurion
we
learned the other day —so
on is
a each letter received is promptly his grievance.
Among the letters brought
. man who, no doubt, conducts and carefully read.
Obviously, only very few of to Ben-Gurion's personal atten-
the widest correspondence in
the country. In his files there the letters reach the Premier's tion we found one from a new
are over 25,000 letters which , desk; but each is answered in immigrant from Tripoli who
, he received since the establish- the Prime Minister's name. and arrived with 46 (!) members of ; ,..,
each , request is given thorough his family, and requested aid. I
ment of the State.
4
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These do not include the of- . attention.
Ben-Gurion sent him a personal
ficial correspondence. They are A large proportion of the letter of welcome, and gave in-
letters from ordinary citizens ' letters comes from new immi- structions that all be done to i v
who turn to the Prime Minister grants who turn to the Prime enable this unusually
large ca
with their daily problems, or Minister with various problems family to settle down and have

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furnish him with ideas for the
conduct of the affairs of the
State.

connected with their integra- all needs met.
Another type of correspond-
, tion; in most cases they include

grievances and c o m p 1 a i n t s ence which is brought before
Two officials—two young and against various - governmental Ben-Gurion consists of missives
.,_____ __ __ departments. These, as a rule, from intellectuals and men of
-------
are investigated by seeking letters. dealing with various
direct clarification from the de- spiritual topics. These are al-
partments involved.
ways answered personally —
The initial reply — given and usually in long-hand — by
.
.
within a week and usually con- Ben-Gurion himself.

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Training at Tanuga

To four oarsmen and a cox-

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Morocco Minister Says Jews
Cannot Be RetYarded as Moroccans

CASABLANCA , (JTA) —The itself unwilling to accept the
Minister for Islamic Affairs views of Allal al. Fassi, and
World Ch ampionship to be held here was reported by the oppo- termed the stand of the Minis-
will represent the U.S. in the sition press to have stated that ter for Islamic Affairs "anti-
in Lucerne, Switzerland. Sept. .Jews in this country cannot
6-9, in the four man and cox-
be Jewish and racist."
regarded as Moroccans but only
swain event.
Aodelkader Layachi, Pasha
The representatives for the as "proteges" of the govern- of Mogador and Governor of
U.S. have won impressive vic- ment.
Casablanca. received the leaders
At the same time. the news- of the new Jewish Conimittee,
They
are
the
rowing
paper
Allal
al
Fassi
said
that
champions of the 6th Maccabian no foreigner
headed by Levi Ensoussa. Ile
champions
be I a Moroccan express his wishes for the su•-
Games in Israel, the President's ur.less he embraced
slam.
cess of the Jewish Committee's
Cup Regatta in Washington. D.C..
The opposition press declared work.
and the Independence Day Re-
gatta in Philadelphia. This crew
is now training at Camp Tanuga
We Are Pleased to Announce
near Kalkaska.
Twenty-two year old Detroiter
That The
Harvey Rubenstein, who rowed
BEE
KALT
TRAVEL
SERVICE
at Wayne State University and
for the Tartar rowing club, is
is
on
authorized
agency
for
those
joining the
a member of the five man crew.
Composing the rest of the crew
are Dick Schwartz, from Shaker
Heights. 0.; Don Spero, from
Glencoe. III.; and Dick Millman
from Chicago, Ill. Dick and Don
rowed for Cornell winning Col-
legiate Championships while
there. #Millman did his rowing
for MIT. The coxswain is Allan
Rosenberg, a lawyer from Phila-
delphia, who attended St. Jo-
seph's and Pennsylvania.
Expert on Europe and Israel
Rosenberg steered the Vesper

ligious leaders regarding !been as- sacred to America as
either goals or methods in
the right to believe freely."
achieving interreligious u n - and they express the view th at
derstanding. The three major
"the right to disbelieve is in
American religious expres-
jeopardy in America today
sions cannot even agree on
The struggle for support f or
definitions of fundamental
sectarian institutions is calle
terms like 'establishment of
the biggest "reef" in the s ea
religion' or 'freedom thereof' of American interreligious lif e.
in the First Amendment to
6C
Interreligious ten
the U. S. Constitution!"
sion can no longer be con
The negative findings of the
cealed, can no longer be
authors of this survey are that
swept under the rug of un-
"religious leaders and their fol-
American," the author s
lowers have not yet responded
maintain. "M a n y justified
adequately to the urgent social
criticisms could be made of
changes of our day:" "some re-
contemporary American r e
ligious differences are so deep • ligion. It can be labeled
that they should not be expect- superficial or irrelevant in
ed to yield to the ministrations many ways, and social action
of good will endeavors;" there is the main avenue found so
are still cancers of interrelig- far for improving interreli- Boat Club eight to a champion-
ship in the 1955 Pan American
ious bigotry. isolationism and
gious relations. Indeed, there
hatred in some of our commu-
Games in Mexico City. John
are tumbling down in the
inities;" "indifference to r e -
Roth, another Cornell student
United States, the walls of
from Massapequa. New York. is
ligious values and their social
self-segregation are spring.
auxiliary coxswain.
implications is costing us heav-
ing up."
ily as a nation."
Between work-outs at 6 a.m.
We learn that while Protes-
There also are positive t antism has lost its vibrant con- and 6 p.m., the crew serves as
messages to the reader from
fi dence in its own values, "the counselors at Camp Tanuga, a
the two authors: "Some re-
R oman Catholic community in children's co-ed camp. Tanuga is
ligious leaders in some corn-
A merica has largely lost its located on Lake Manistee in Kal-
munities have learned the s ense of inferiority. its self- kaska County. Lake Manistee is
truth the interreligious pro-
c onsciousness, its disabling fear the scene for the boys racing
gram which is most signifi-
o f anti-Catholic persecution • shell which weighs 250 pounds
cant is the one which draws a nd its working-class. immigrant and is one-quarter of an inch
thick.
men of differing faiths to- m entality."
gether to work jointly to
The racing shell and the crew
Unparalleled opportunities
bring God's Kingdom just a
to project its values into the will leave Tanuga for Switzer-
bit nearer in some area of li fe of the general community land on Sept. 1. Camp directors
His world. Some heart-warm- ' a re credited to Judaism and Aaron Gornbein and Bernard
ing successes give hope for • th e authors declare:
Friedman said:
the future."
"We are proud to have been
"For the first time, per-
The workability of the Ameri-
able to provide this fine crew
haps in history, a Jewish
can experiment is vindicated, c ommunity has the freedom
with their facilities. All are con-
the authors assert, "particular- , a nd the economic resources
fident that the crew will bring
ly. the principle of separation t o devote itsel f, in good
back a World Championship for
of religion and the state on
the U.S."
measure, to the general
which our liberty rests . . . ; h ealth of society rather than
•
Nowhere in the world is the : t o concentrate its energies
cans know precious little about
state less influenced by sec-
e xclusively, as was essential the realities of religious rela-
tarianism. Nowhere does the i n the past, upon fighting for tionships in America."
church flourish as here, where
is own security and sur-
"A Tale of Ten Cities" pro-
state and church are relatively v ival."
vides material for heated dis-
free from each other . , . The
Interreligious education is cussions among all faiths. It
tradition of America excludes ca lied superficial and inade-
none by virtue of property of qu ate in all major faiths and contains a lot of dynamite, and
also much enlightening material
color or religion or creed; and : th e report states:
that may lead to greater har-
it extends to every religious
"Beyond the question of mony and more effective co-
group the right to follow its an ti-Catholicism, or anti-Semi- operation among the religious
deepest commitments. In this ; tis m, or anti-Protestantism. is
and lay leaders of Judaism,
all are united. The tradition ' th e stark fact that we Ameri-
Catholicism and Protestantism..

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