5,400 Jews in Ireland
The Jewish community of
Ireland, which dates back to the
Dr. Leonard Moss, Harold Ber- 13th century, numbers 5,400
ry, Richard Rosenfeld, Rabbi persons, nearly all of whom live
Harold White, Lawrence Green, in the capital city of Dublin.
Rabbi M. Robert Syme, Mrs.
Philip Fealk, Judge Burton Shif-
man, Mrs. Samuel Aaron, David
Lebenbom, Dr. Norman Drach-
ler, Rabbi Harold D. Hahn,
Burt Levy, Rabbi Max Kapus-
tin, Judge Ira G. Kaufman and
Dr. Isadore Woronoff.
Oscar Cohen, national direc-
tor of program for ADL, gave
the summary.
The steering committee in-
cluded Charles Feinberg, Rabbi
Kapustin, Dr. Joseph L. Lichten,
Ben Nathanson, Leonard N.
Simons, Mrs. Leonard Sims and
Mrs. Charles Solovich.
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man was roundly trounced for
his opposition t o parochial
schools, both Christian and Jew-
ish.
(Asked later about the out-
come of that session, a nun re-
plied, with a smile, "I think we
got him to change his mind. He
decided we should raise stand-
ards in both public and paroch-
ial schools.")
It was perhaps symbolic
that such . workshops were
conducted in the classrooms
of Mercy College. Sitting at
students' desks, the partici-
pants drew the conclusion
that true interfaith dialogue
will come through education,
that there is too little know-
ledge of all religions .
When one young teacher-to-
be pleaded for a practical sug-
gestion to "change my parents'
minds about minorities," she
was told by panelist Burt Levy:
"You can't change them; but
when you teach, you can help
your students."
In the field of race relations,
it was agreed that churches
and synagogues haven't done
enough to speak out against big-
otry; that classroom texts give
too little attention to minorit-
ies.
One nun, who teaches at
Mercy, later said, "From now
on, I'm going to deal more with
Catholic-Jewish relations."
Another, who teaches 10th
grade social studies at a paro-
chial school, insisted, "I'm not
going to change my classroom
presentation. T h e textbooks
don't mention what happened
to the Jews during the war, but
I teach my students all about
it. You see," she said proudly,
"I wrote my master's thesis on
that very subject."
What obviously impressed
the Christian leaders, who, to-
gether wth the Jewish partici-
pants in the Dialogue, numb-
ered close to 300, was the
luncheon address b y D r.
Joseph L. Lichten, director of
the department of intercult-
ural affairs of the ADL.
After Jew and Gentile had
broken bread together, Lichten
assured his audience there are
many "ties that bind."
Minimizing the effects of "The
Deputy," which charges Pope
Pius XII was silent while Jews
were being murdered by the
Nazis, Lichten stressed the help
extended to persecuted Jews by
Catholics all over Europe.
"Pope Pius XII opened cloist-
ered monasteries and convents,"
he said, "so that Jews could be
hidden in these religious build-
ings, as well as in Vatican City
and in Castel Gandolfo; priests
accompanied Jews to intern-
ment and extermination camps;
laymen and clergy spirited Jews
out of Nazi-occupied territories
at the risk of their lives; bish-
ops and papal nuncios visited
the camps with food and cloth-
ing and, most important per-
haps. spiritual encouragement."
Welcomed in the morning
with a "Shalom" by the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Francis X. Can-
field, the audience was set-
tled under "The Burden of
Centuries" by a Reform rabbi
and a Jesuit editor. Dr. Samuel
Sandmel, provost of the He-
brew College-Jewish Institute
of Religion, referred to a long
history of Jewish persecution
as only "a particular in the
gloomy record of all reli-
gion."
But whereas Dr. Sandmel was
optimistic about the growing
rapprochement between faiths
in this country, Rev. Donald R.
Campion, associate editor of
"America," referred to "old
sores still festering." Quoting
Hillel ("What is hateful unto
you, do not do unto others.")
he cited a body of Catholic
literature that still has de-
structive overtones.
Only leaders in both reli-
gious communities attended
morning and afternoon sessions.
Many agreed that perhaps those
who most needed such an in-
terfaith dialogue were not pre-
sent.
So there was an evening open
to the public. Rabbi Morris
Adler of Cong. Shaarey Zedek
and the Most Rev. William G.
Connare, bishop of Greensburg,
Pa., told members of their re-
spective faiths their "Commit-
ment to the Future."
Rev. Connare, calling for
friendship with "the chosen
people" in the spirit of ecu-
menism, urged Christians to
study the Ecumenical Coun-
cil's famous "Chapter IV"
(which deals with the Jews)
being studied in the Vatican .
Placing responsibility f o r
Christ's death "upon sinful man-
kind," Rev. Connare said in-
dividual Christians must "rec-
ognize our own moral guilt in
situations, asking pardon of
those offended and making full
reparation for the harm done ..
"Commitment to the future,"
he said, "would be a blessed
beginning for priests, religious
and laymen alike in ridding
ourselves of errors concerning
the children of Israel."
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ish-Catholic Dialogue Wednes-
day at Mercy College were
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Largest Part of
Israeli Potash
TEL AVIV (JTA) — East Eu-
ropean countries in the Com-
munist bloc have signed agree-
ments to purchase the largest
part of the 400,000-ton annual
output of potash from the Dead
Sea Works.
The Soviet Union, which sus-
pended trade relations with Is-
rael during the Sinai Campaign,
in 1959, and has never re-estab-
lished trade with this country,
may repurchase s o in e of this
potash from the Soviet satellites,
it was believed here.
Reports that the Soviet Union
has ordered large quantities of
Israeli potash directly have
been denied. But it is believed
the USSR may want Israel's
potash, which is the principal
component of fertilizer—a prod-
uct needed by the Soviet Union
now in view of heavy grain
shortages.
JEWISH NEWS—Friday, March 6,
By CHARLOTTE HYAMS
A dialogue demands open
minds. Else it becomes two
monologues for many voices.
The first Detroit Jewish-Cath-
olic Dialogue, held at Mercy
College with the cosponsorship
of the Anti-Defamation League
of Bnai Brith, was, indeed, a
dialogue.
Problems of mutual concern-
church-state relations, the grow-
ing trend to secularism, ultra-
right and left groups, moral ob-
ligations in race relations —
were tackled with vigor.
There were many points of
disagreement. (Indeed, at one
afternoon workshop discussion,
Oak Park Judge Burton Shiff-
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