Friday, March 13, 1964—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS- 1 4
of any group-L-except for anti-
religious elements in Israel—
strongly criticizing the seven inter-religious problem that has who seek to prevent others from
national Jewish organizations been raised. We do not know the full and free exercise of
their faith."
which sent a cable to Israel Pre-
mier Levi Eshkol urging him to
resist pressure by "extremist
religious groups" in Israel and
in the United States requesting
legislation that would abridge
religious freedom in Israel.
The UOJC statement termed
the action of the seven organi-
zations as "communal irrespon-
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such cases."
"The commitment of Ortho-
dox Jewry, both here and in
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pleasure with
declared in its statement. "Sure-
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Declarations, is an obvious
canard. We have no desire at all
to abridge the freedom of any
people to practice their re-
ligion, no matter what religion,
in Israel or elsewhere.
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such children as the targets of !
their proselytizing efforts, we
believe it to be a reprehensible
exploitation of human misery.
Frankly, we are amazed that
two of the organizations which
have signed the letter, and
which claim to be committed to
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Israel Religious Minister Resents Interference by Nine U.S. Groups
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Inter-
ior Minister Moshe Shapiro des-
cribed as an "unwarranted in-
terference" in Israeli affairs, a
cable sent by leaders of seven
major American Jewish organi-
zations calling on Prime Minis-
ter Levi Eshkol to resist pres-
sure by "extremist religious
groups" in the United States
supporting legislation that
would abridge religious free-
dom in Israel.
Asserting that laws regard-
ing religious matter in Israel
are established by a majority
of the Knesset, Israel's Parlia-
ment, according to the will of
the people, Shapiro said that
American religious Jewish or-
ganizations never interfered
in matters of religion and the
laws of Israel. He noted that an
exception was the issue of the
projected non-kosher kitchen
aboard the liner Shalom, add-
ing that "this stemmed from the
assumption that the Shalom was
chiefly intended for Jewish
travelers from America."
Charging that the message
from the Jewish groups was in-
spired rather than spontaneous,
Shapiro said that if they wished
to "say something against U.S.
rabbis" they should have ad-
dressed the protest to the lat-
ter rather than to Premier Esh-
kol. In another comment on the
cabled protest, Religious Af-
fairs Minister Zorach Warhaftig
said "there is only one way to
influence legislation in Israel
and that is by settling here and
participating in the Knesset elec-
tions."
(In New York, the Agudah
Labor Organization issued a pro-
test against the seven major
Jewish organizations for send-
ing their cable to Premier Esh-
kol. The extreme Orthodox la-
bor group announced that it
will leave the ranks of the
American Jewish Congress with
which it is affiliated. The AJ
Congress is one of the seven
central Jewish bodies which
signed the cable to Premier
Eshkol. The other six are:
American Jewish Committee,
Bnai Brith, Central Conference
of American Rabbis, Rabbini-
cal Assembly, Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations and
United Synagogue of America.
Orthodox Group Criticizes
American Jewish Bodies
For Call to Israel
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Union of Orthodox Jewish Con-
gregations issued a statement
Orthodox Rabbis Make Statement
on Interreligious Cooperation
In a statement of policy gov-
erning interreligious relations.
the Rabbinical Council of Amer-
ica declared as "incongruous
with the fundamentals of reli-
gious liberty and freedom of
conscience" any of the following
suggestions:
"That the historical worth
of a faith community be viewed
against the backdrop of another
faith;" the idea of a nondemo-
cratic confrontation in which
one community places the other
beneath itself; and the "mere
hint that a revision of basic his-
toric attitudes is anticipated."
Such an approach the Or-
thodox Council asserted, "is
unacceptable to any self-re-
specting faith community that
is proud of its past, vibrant
and active in the present and
determined to live on in the
future and to continue serv-
ing G-d in its own individual
way."
"Only a full appreciation of
the fact," the statement con-
tinues, "that each religious com-
munity has its own way of life
. will help promote the spirit
of cooperation among the
faiths."
Why?
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`Insights Into Bible Teaching' Explored;
Local Educator Attends N.Y. Conference
Questions on the teaching of in the teaching of Bible on the
Bible as affected by archaeo- pre-school and primary levels
logical finds were explored by was delivered by Eli Grad, direc-
the Educators Assembly of the for of education of Cong. Shaa-
United Synagogue of America rey Zedek and chairman of the
at its 12th annual convention Educators Assembly, Detroit
was: "New Insights Into Bible seminar group,
Among the recommendations
Instruction," and discussions
centered on Bible education as of the research committee, of
taught in United Synagogue which Mr. Grad chaired a sec-
congregational schools.
tion, was a proposal that Bible
The Educators Assembly instruction be developed in ac-
cord with the learning capacity
consists of about 150 educa-
tional directors, principals and of each school grade. Each age
youth directors of congrega- level, the Committee suggested,
tions affiliated with the Uni- requires different goals and dif-
ted Synagogue of America, ferent approaches: the commit-
congregational arm of the tee stressed, however, that all
Bible Instruction must be given
Conservative movement.
A progress report on research with due regard for recent work
of Biblical scholarship.
Speakers included Dr. Simon
Greenberg, vice chancellor of
the Jewish Theological Semi
nary of America: Dr. S. D. Goi-
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University of Pennsylvania, and
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Israel Rabbinate Sends
Matzoth to USSR Jews
TEL AVIV (JTA) — More
than half a ton of matzoh was
dispatched by plane to Moscow
by Ierael's chief rabbinate after
an urgent request was received
from officials of the synagogue
in Marina Roscha, a Moscow
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