Eshkon Visit: Aliyah in Shut Baruch Habah from Stevenson Special to The Jewish News NEW YORK After a sensational visit in Washington, Israel Prime Minister Esh- kol's visit here ended in a blaze of glory. At the reception given him and Mrs. Eshkol by Mayor Wagner, Adlai Stevenson — kiflated Figures Inspires Hatred Danger of Making a Political Symbol of God Editorials Page 4 greeted him with the Hebrew salutation "Baruch Habah" and expressed confidence that the Arab-Jewish tensions will gradu- ally subside. On Saturday morning, Eshkol attended services at the Spanish-Portugese Syna- gogue, was given an Aliyah Akhron — and spoke briefly to the congregation. Abraham Feinberg, president of the Israel Bond Organization, in his address in Pre- mier and Mrs. Eshkol's honor at the Bond dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Saturday night, proudly reported President Johnson's assurance that Israel will never again have to reach American leaders "through a back door." Detailed stories of Eshkol's visit in New York on Page 40 HE JEWISH NE -r Fre C, Pvi Q A Weekly Review Rosenberg's 'Roman Holiday' of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. XLV, No. 16 Printed in a 100% Union Shop Britannica Blunders Rashi and Christian Hebra ists Book Reviews Pages 2 and 4 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit 48235—VE 8-9364— June 12, 1964—$6.00 Per Year; Single Copy 20c Constitutional Experts Join Spreading Movement to Stop Tampering with 1sT Amendment National Church Council Condemns Anti-Semitism NEW YORK (JTA) — The general board of the National Council of Churches, representing 40,000,000 Protestants of 31 denominations, adopted a resolution here this weekend condemning anti-Semitism and declaring that the concept of collective Jewish responsibility for the crucifixion was a dis- tortion of the message of Christianity, according to which all humanity should bear responsibility. The Council urged Protestants to "seek that true dialogue with religious bodies of the Jewish communities" in the United States "through which differences in faith can be explored within the mutual life of the one family of God—separate but seeking from God the gift of renewed unity:" The resolution also said that - "the spiritual heritage of Jews and Christians should draw us to each other in obedience to the one Father" and that "the historic schism in our rela- tions carries with it the need for constant vigilance lest dia- logue deteriorate into conflict. We must confess that sometimes as Christians we have given way to anti-Semitism." The American Jewish Committee issued a statement "warmly greeting" the declaration of the National Council of Churches. "This condemnation of anti-Semitism by Protestant leadership, and their particular rejection of the false charges of collective Jewish responsibility for the crucifixion, are significant contributions to the emerging atmosphere of under- standing between Christians and Jews," the -statement said. "The National Jewish Committee endorses the appeal of the National Council of Churches for growing dialogues be- tween Protestants and Jews in the common service of human -Tleed, and pledges its support and resources to advance this al spiritual and human objective," Morris B. Abram, AJC iffresident, declared in the statement. The Synagogue Council of America (SCA) lauded the re-so- lution Wednesday night and hailed "the climate of under- standing and good will" between Jews and Protestants mani- fested in the resolution. The stand was taken in one of a series of resolutions approved at the 38th annual meeting of the SCA, the coordi- nating agency of Conservative, Orthodox and Reform rabbini- cal and congregational organizations. - Detailed Story on SCA, Page 15 WASHINGTON—Two hundred and twenty-three constitutional lawyers and law professors across the country sent the House Judiciary Committee an appeal to reject any constitutional amendment to permit prayer and Bible reading in public schools. The group, which includes 55 law school deans, joined in a public statement oppos- ing such congressional efforts to overrule the Supreme Court's Bible-prayer decisions. Six weeks of public hearings on amendment proposals ended last week. New York Rep. Emanuel Celler, chairman, has not set a date for closed-door deliberations on the 150 proposals. The statement, entitled "Our Most Precious Heritage," was signed by lawyers rep- resenting 83 American law schools, including deans of the schools at the University of Michigan and Notre Dame. Referring to the Bill of Rights as the "most precious heritage," the state- ment said any narrowing of its guarantees in the field of religion could impair the other liberties it protects. "American liberties have been secure in large measure because they have been guaranteed a Bill of Rights which the American people have until now deemed practically unamendable," the statement declared. "If now, for the first time, an amendment to 'narrow its operation' is adopted, a precedent will have been established which may prove too easy to follow when other controversial decisions interpreting the Bill of Rights are handed down. "A grave responsibility rests upon the Congress in taking 'this first experiment on our liberties.' Whatever disagreements some may have with the Bible-prayer deci- sions, we believe strongly that they do not justify this experiment. Accordingly, we urge that Congress approve no measures to amend the First Amendment in order to overrule these decisions," the statement appealed. The lawyers said the Supreme Court sometimes stirs up controversies by its interpretations of the Bill of Rights and may well have done so with its prayer and Bible-reading decisions in 1962 and '63. "If so," they said, "it is much too early to judge whether it would be the pop- ular judgment or the court's that will be vindicated by time. "But whichever the case, we are convinced that it would be far wiser for our nation to accept the decisions than to amend the Bill of Rights in order to nullify them." Among signers of the statement was Dean Erwin N. Griswold of the Harvard Uni- versity Law School. His earlier critical comment on the court's anti-prayer ruling were cited often at the committee's hearings by supporters of a change in the First Amend- ment, which bars official "establishment" of a religion . Griswold wrote the committee, however, that he did not favor amending the constitution, and his inclusion as a signer of the statement proved it. Opponents of constitutional amendments to permit public school prayers indi- cated here that they believe they have the votes to stop legislation in the House Judiciary Committee. These same forces, in and out of Congress, believe the price of stoppin g cur- rent drive to change the Constitution may be a nonbinding expression of Congres- sional favor for worship in public places. Continued on Page 5 Bonn Warned of 'Deterioration' in German-Israeli Relations BONN (JTA) — A West German Parliamentary leader and a German youth group who have recently returned from visits to Israel declared here that relations be- tween Israel and West Germany are reaching a crisis point. Dr. Carlo Schmid, vice president of the Bundestag, said in an interview that "the situation has deteriorated noticeably." The youth group consisting of 28 high school teachers spent three weeks working and traveling in Israel. Representatives of the group told a news conference that the Israelis they met were seriously disturbed over developments in West Germany. They said that Israelis were most concerned over Bonn's refusal to establish dip- lomatic relations with Israel, the West German government's failure to take action against German scientists working for the Egyptian armaments industry and the dis- interested attitude of the West German public toward Nazi war crimes trials. The Continued on Page 6 Israel Gives OK to International Inspection of Atomic Reactor (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to the Jewish News) WASHINGTON—Israel has agreed to accept international inspection of an atomic research reactor furnished by the United States, it was confirmed here Tuesday. Israel had previously opposed this on the grounds that it had been discriminated against in the Atomic Energy Agency in favor of Arab countries. It is understood that after the final lapse of the present agreement between Israel and the United States next month concerning the Nebi Rubin Reactor, Israel will enter into a new agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on inspection of this reactor. The present agreement was due to be terminated at the beginning of July 1964 but may be extended for another few months pending a new agreement with the Vienna agency.