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Vatican Special. Issue Defends Pope's Actions in War
ROME (JTA) — The Vatican
came again to the defense of
the late Pope Pius XII and his
role during the Nazi slaughter
of European Jewry with a special
96-page issue of its official pub-
lication dealing with the contro-
versy.
The special issue of L'Osserva-
tore della Domenica, the weekend
edition of L'Osservatore Romano,
contains photographic copies of
previously unpublished documents
from various Catholic and Jewish
sources designed to refute the
charge that the Pope could have
done much more than he did to
save Jews from the Nazi murder
machine.
The charge of the Pope's silence
on the holocaust has been revived
and widely discussed since the
production of "The Deputy," a
play by West German playwright
Rolf Hochhuth, condemning this
silence.
The special issue deals with
the assistance given Jews by the
Catholic church in all countries
invaded by the Nazis. Contrib-
utors included Father Weber,
writing about Church assistance
to help Jews emigrate; Cardinal
Zaliege of Toulouse; as well as
such Jewish leaders as Rafael
Cantoni, former president of the
Rome Jewish community; Chief
Rabbi Elio Toaff of Rome; and
individual Jews relating how the
church saved them from the
Nazis.
One of the articles was by
Ettori Dellaricia, who recently
wrote a series of articles about
Ecumenical Council Success in Doubt,
Writer Michael Sarafian Declares
The dilemma of the Vatican
Council is the subject of a new
book, "The Pilgrim," by Michael
Serafian. A study of Pope Paul VI,
the Council and the Church in a
time of decision, the book was
published by Farrar, Straus and Co.
According to the author, Roman
Catholicism — and religion general-
ly — is facing a critical problem.
He contends that, unless the Church
finds a way to reach the modern
world in 20th century terms, reac-
tionary forces will completely para-
lize its effectivneess.
Bible Sadistic?
Case Presented
Against Censors
LONDON—The Bible hit the
headlines of the foreign press
last week.
Opposing an Obscene Publica-
tions Bill in a House of Commons
committee, a member of Britain's
parliament used the Bible as an
example in suggesting that people
be allowed to decide for them-
selves which books are obscene.
"I know no book which has
been a source of brutality and sa-
distic conduct, both public and
private, that can compare with
the Bible," said Reginald Paget.
"If the home secretary were
looking at books again he would
find in that book certainly no-
torious chapters, not only por-
nography. He would find the
creed of race hatred, and mixed
up in its accounts of appalling
sadism, approved murder and
approved human sacrifice. All
this, and yet I do not suppose
the home secretary in his most
enthusiastic moments would
seriously prescribe banning the
Bible. Certainly a lot of govern-
ments have."
A more sympathetic treatment
of the Bible was offered in Drie-
bergen, Holland, when Bishop
Hans Lilje of Hanover said that
a simple knowledge of the Bible
was fast disappearing from Euro-
pean life.
At a world consultation on Bible
production and distribution, he
said that Europe was no longer
aware of the Bible's importance
for the conduct of human life.
He put the blame for a great
deal of the decline in its authority
on the present trend of biblical
scholarship which had made the
Bible appear to be uncertain in
its message.
Many thinking people no longer
accept its once commanding au-
thority- , he said.
The enigma of Pope Paul VI,
Serafian suggests is, that the Pope
is influenced by a Vatican 'Direc-
torate' and that his attitude has
changed fundamentally toward the
Council and the goals of Pope
John XXIII.
In determining what went wrong
at the second session of Vatican
Council II, Serafian asks these ques-
tions: Did a well-organized minority
block the wishes of the majority
and of the Pope himself? What in-
trigues blocked discussion of the
documents on the Jews and reli-
gious liberty? Were the American
bishops outmaneuvered?
Dealing with Aggiornamento, the
movement of updating or renewal
inaugurated by Pope John XXIII,
the author suggests that renewal
will require the abandonment of
certain legacies of the past, which,
in his view, have prevented cooper-
ation with Protestants, the Jews and
other non-Christian religions.
Michael Serafian is a pseudonym.
The author, a Roman Catholic dip-
lomat of many years experience, is
well acquainted with both sides
participating in the struggle with
the Vatican Council.
Knesset Gets Bill
to Curb Activities
of Mission Schools
JERUSALEM (JTA)—J u s t i c e
Minister Dov Joseph introduced in
Parliament a bill which would
curb activities of Christian mission
schools in Israel by imposing
prison terms for "direct persua-
sion of minors to convert to
another religion."
A private member's bill to curb
such activities was rejected by the
Knesset. Offered by Rabbi Shlomo
Lorencz of the ultra-Orthodox
Agudat Israel party, the measure
would have banned registration
of minors for religious schools of
denominations other than those of
their parents except with approval
by the head of the child's religious
community. Zalman Arrane, educa-
tion minister, spoke against the
measure on the grounds that it
would allow religious authorities
to "usurp" the competence of par-
ents.
The government bill, which is
expected to be passed, would ban
conversion of minors without the
consent of both parents, forbid the
conversion of adolescents against
their will even with approval of
both parents, and permit minors to
be converted only to the religion
of at least one parent.
the Jews of Rome in Giornale
D'Italia, dealing with events in
1943. The series was considered
a defense of the late pontiff
against the charges in the Hoch
huth play.
Dellaricia, in his article, .re-
counted the story of the Nazi
demand for 50 kilos of gold from
the Jews of Rome, and declared
that the then president of the
Rome Jewish community had con-
firmed in writing the offer of
Pope Pius to advance a portion of
the gold.
The article described other ex-
actions of the Germans culminat-
ing in the roundup and deporta-
tion of 3,000 Jews. At the same
time, Dellaricia wrote, about 4,000
Roman Jews found refuge in vari-
ous convents and other Catholic
institutions.
The article stresses that the
Rome Jewish community had ex-
pressed in the "most explicit man-
ner" the conviction that all that
had been done for Jews by Cath-
olic organizations in that period
would have been impossible with-
out explicit instructions from the
late Pope Pius XII.
SERVICES
SYNAGOGUE
CONG. SHAAREY SHOMAYIM: Services 7:50 p.m. today and 9 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Goldman will speak on "Jewish Personal Com-
mitment." The Bar Mitzvah of Howard Michael Barsky will be
observed.
TEMPLE ISRAEL: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Syme will speak
on "American Jewry—Early Beginnings." The Bar Mitzvah of
- Scott Joel Seligman will be observed. Services 11 a.m. Saturday.
The Bar Mitzvahs of Clifford Neal Grundy and Craig Steven
Singer will be observed.
CONG. GEMILUTH CHASSODIM: Services 7:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m.
Saturday. Rabbi Litke will speak on "The Nature of Zeal."
BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE: Services 8:30 p.m. today at High Meadow
School. Rabbi Wine will speak on "Is the Declaration of Inde-
pendence Outmoded?"
CONG. BNAI IVIOSHE: Services 7 p.m. today and 8:45 a.m. Saturday.
The Bar Mitzvah of Irving Shiffman will be observed.
CONG. BNAI DAVID: Services 6:15 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
The Bar Mitzvah of Allan Abraham Studenberg will be observed.
BETH ABRAHAM SYNAGOGUE: Services 7:30 p.m. today and 8:40
a.m. Saturday. The Bar Mitzvahs of Morris Kalt and David Wartel
will be observed.
ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: Services 6 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m.
Saturday. The Bar Mitzvah of Mark Soverinsky will be observed.
CONG. BETH JOSEPH: Services 7:45 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday.
The Bar Mitzvah of Barry Sherman will be observed.
ISAAC AGREE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE: Services 5:15 p.m. today
Theological Seminary
and 9 a.m. Saturday.
The following synagogues will hold their regular services: Young
Will Expand Facilities
Israel of Oak-Woods, Beth Aaron Synagogue, Temple Beth Am of
on New York Campus
Livonia, Cong. Ahavas Achim, Cong. Beth Moses, Temple Beth El,
NEW YORK (JTA)—Expansion
Temple Emanu-El, Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah and Temple Beth
plans for the Jewish Theological
Jacob of Pontiac.
Seminary were approved in princi-
ple by the executive committee of
the institution's board of directors.
New facilities endorsed by the
committee include living quarters
Oil JA.e eve Of Our 21p arture
for faculty and students, a library,
and other needed educational
buildings.
We would like to thank the members of
The committee indicated that no
time schedule for the construction
Cong. Ahavas Achim and its affiliated or-
of the n e w facilities could be
ganizations, as well as our many friends in
given at this time, since financial
arrangements have not been com-
the community, who have made our years of
pleted. The committee was making
service and residence in Detroit most en-
an announcement at this time in
order to honor its moral commit-
joyable and pleasant.
ment to residents of the Morn-
ingside community to keep them
informed of developments affect-
ing housing in the area.
Claire and Milton Arm
The land occupied by two build-
ings in this area will be required
for the new construction.
BETH YEHUDAH SCHOOLS
has sold and vacated its Dexter Blvd. buildings
its 50 year tradition of
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until construction of our Southfield campus is completed
Beth Yehudah administrative offices will be temporarily located at
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BETH YEHUDAH DAY CAMP
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