Righteousness:
Immortal Theme
By ISRAEL ABRAHAMS
Rabbinism was a sequel to the
Bible, and if, like all sequels, it
was -unequal to its original, it
nevertheless shared its greatness.
The works of all Jews up to the
modern period were the sequel to
this sequel: Through' them all may
be detected the unifying principle
that ,literature in its truest sense
includes life itself; that intellect
is the handmaid to conscience; and
• that the best books are those which
best teach men how to live. This
underlying unity gave more har-
mony to Jewish literature than is
possessed by many literatures more
distinctively national. The maxim
`tRighteousness del ivers from
death" applies to books as well as
to men. A literature whose con-
sistent theme is Righteousness, is
immortal.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 28, 1964 13
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Cardinal Confirms Rejection 'for Now of Church's Condemnation of the Deicide Charge '
NEW YORK (JTA)—A leading
American member of the Vatican's
College of Cardinals has confirmed
widespread reports which 'have
held that a Catholic church declar-
ation absolving the Jewish people
of special responsibility for the
killing of Jesus has been rejected
"fpr the time being," . from inclu-
sion on the agenda of the forth-
coming - Ecumenical session.
However,' he said, he did not
belieVe the Council, which will
open the third session next Sep-
tember, •will be satisfied with a
"watered-down" declaration on re-
lations between the Catholic
Church and the Jewish people.
Joseph Elmer Cardinal, Ritter,
of St. Louis, in an interview in
-the New York Times, noted that
the planned condemnation of the
ancient charge of deicide against
the Jewish <people "has not been
retained, from what I have obser-
ved."
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He added that that condemna-
tion might be reinstated when the
subject is discussed by the church
fathers at the Ecumenical Council,
which will open its thii'd session,
on Sept. 14.
Cardinal Ritter also said in the
interview that he • felt that the
decide charge, as well as the
proposal to condemn it, had been
"unduly emphasized" by fiirces
fighting against anti-Semitism.
• Much of the bitterness against
,the Jews, he was quOted as say-
ing, could be attributed "to ig-
norance on the part of people
who don't go to any church."
- "We are all deicides," he add-
D•. John Slawson, executive
vice president of the American
Jewish Committee, ,commenting on
the interview with Cardinal Ritter,
told the Je wish Telegraphic
Agency: -
"The deicide charge against the
Jews, namely the collective re-
sponsibility of Jews for the death
of Jesus, has- been a basic source
of anti-Semitism throughout the
ages. Any weakening of the clause
dealing with the rectification Of
this charge would be a diservice to
the position of Jews throughout.
the world, and would constitute.
a negative factor in Catholic- Jew!.
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can be done only within the frame- will and muSt spread. It will ' have
ish relations.
"I am happy to. read the Card- work of the essential faith of each far-reaching effects, for the fate of
inal's observation to the. effect :denomination.
the Jews lies in the hands of the
that he did not believe the Coun-
"This peribd of re-evaluation has majority of which we Christians
cil would be satisfied with a already arrived in Canada, and it are a part.
watered-down version of the dec-
laration. I trust that the American
prelate will take a vigorous posi-
Illmmilmmemi BILL FARRAH'S ■ . IHNImilmmiz
tron on this matter."
In Toronto, James Cardinal
McGuigan, the archbishop of Tor-
onto, denounced Christians who
regard Jews as respOnsible for
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the crucifixion of Christ, and ex-
pressed the hope that the next-
session of the Ecumenical Coun-
cil would "settle all possible
controversy on this point."
"If there ever was a stain on the
conscience of the Christian, it must
surely be our scandalously ambig- .
uous attitudeVward the Jew," the .
Cardinal said in a signed column
in the Toronto Telegram.
"Christians today are slow to
realize that hatred of the Jew his
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been fostered in a certain type
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Tabile theological reasoning that
makes a Jew a Christ-killer, an
accursed race rejected by God. It
is both injustice and theologically
inaccurate to say that blame must
be placed on -the. Jews of Christ's
time and even less on their descen-
dants."
He added: "This basically un-
Christian notion has existed too
long in the unspoken level of many
ill ■
a Christian conscience. It is hoped
that the second • Vatican Council
will end all possible controversy
on this point in its coming session
in September."
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- Cardinal McGuigan said that
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Christians must go farther and
"must'say that one of the great-
est- sins against Christ is the sin
of anti-Semitism.
"What is asked of Christians,
therefore," he continued,. "is
something very logical' and
reasonab'le. The refense of the
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Jewish community, the fight for
the rights and dignity of the
Jew should -be, without debate or
question, the self-imposed task
of the Christian."
Declaring the, Christians "must
:take the lead in this endeavor,"
the Cardinal said that the re-eval-
uation that this call for must and"
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