Chelinites WED_E. 5OME VERY 5TIKIGY. ONCE 41. *T-4-IEN" REFUSED 7 BEGGYNIz. t CRUST OF BP....E.Ab. NOT 'BAD .BUT 1 F1 HADJ - - A cAlaZoT.. AND A 'POTATO. T4-404 *-7-4-1EY JOINED -r-Hm B-EGG"R. Fok 50UP .— LATER • A LIT A LITTLE 1-AT-ER ToUL-1-4 OF BARLEY AND DoNE.., (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) DE-LIcloUS W1-1A-r)5 THE RECIPE IF YoUI LL_ ONLY GIVE /\/1. N I'LL. MAKE DELICIOUS - JUST A NAIL- ." WHAT CAN I LOSE HERE.'S A NAIL..., WHAT A "TAI.- I Motives for Changes in 'Declaration on Jews' Outlined in Ilynne's Revealing 'Third Session' European, U.S. Scholars Join Israel Semitic Parley mer," Rynne continues, "sev- eral bishops, including Cardinal Ritter (Aug. 24), acknowledged that the text of the declaration had indeed been changed in the sense of the rumors, but he ex- pressed the hope that when the Fathers re-assembled, they would restore the passages that had been 'toned down.' " Rynne states that "in order to nullify the allegation made by Arab countries that the document was intended to be political and not religious, Cardinal Bea's new draft, exonerating the Jewish peo- ple from the ancient charge of deicide, -had been incorporated into a larger context, dealing with other non-Christian religions." "The Third Session" gains added significance because Xavier Rynne has incorporated in it as appendices the two versions of the "Declara- tion on the Jews." The full texts provide factual material for fur- ther study by theologians. They supplement the data offered by Rynne in a volume that is most revealing and indicates courage on the part of a Catholic to present all the basic facts of sessions that had attracted - the limelight from all peoples and all faiths. —P. S. JERUSALEM—The First Inter- national Congress on Semitic Studies opened here Wednesday with the participation of 50 of the world's leading scholars, including several from Eastern Europe among the delegates. The largest delegation, numbering 65, is from the United States, with 19 from Britain, 13 from France and about 20 from East European countries. The delicate issue involving the Vatican Ecumenical Council and its discussions on numerous vital mat- ters, including the Jewish ques- tion, finds enlightening explanation in an authoritative work, "The Third Session," by Xavier Rynne, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. The author has been at all the sessions. He is viewed as a record- er of the historic Vatican events which are certain to be considered the standard works on events re- lating to Catholic issues. "The Third Session" concerns it- self with the debates and the de- crees of Vatica Council II, which took place Sept. 14 to Nov. 21. It goes into great detail in reviewing the discussions and in quoting documents. Much space is devoted to the efforts made by Cardinal Bea to assure passage of the proposal to erase the deicide charge from Catholic teachings. Xavier Ry- nne's documented work is frank and factual. It reproduces the title page and an excerpt from an anti-Semitic pamphlet that was distributed to the bishops to influence them against the pro- posals to erase the blame placed on Jewry, and it shows how efforts were made to water down the original proposals. "The history of the version pre- sented to the Council in September 1964 is interesting," Rynne writes. "No other conciliar document prob- ably has been subject to so many influences and counterinfluences. When postponement of the debate at the end of the Second Session was announced 'because of lack of time,' most observers regarded this as a mere pretext. Different rea- sons were alleged for this move: because the Pope was anxious not to compromise the reception he might receive in Jordan and Jeru- salem on his intended pilgrimage; because of sharp Arab protests -against the document made direct- ly to the Vatican Secretariat of State through diplomatic channels; because of misgivings on theologi- cal grounds by some of the Pope's advisers, perhaps shared by Pope Paul; because of pressure exer- cised by the minority in the Coun- cil. The decision to postpone con- sideration was probably taken be- cause of a combination of factors. However, as Cardinal Bea said, `What is put off is not put away.' The Secretariat began its work of revision on the basis of the written observations of the Fathers. Ac- cording to an announcement made in February 1964, the revised text was 'much strengthened.' In April, unfortunately, at a meeting of the Coordinating Commission, it was decided to order several changes in the document to make it more palatable to the theological minor- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 10—Friday, July 23, 1965 ity and the Arab _world. The text was broadened to include mention of the Moslems and other non- Christian religions so that it be- came a statement of the Church's attitude toward, and relationship to, all non-Christians. The most disturbing changes, however, were a watering down of the passage exonerating the Jewish people of the charge of `deicide' and a cer- tain emphasis on the idea of their `conversion' presented in such a way as to suggest that this was to be the dominant note governing Catholic-Jewish relations." Thus, an eminent Catholic author- ity—the signed name is a pseu- nym—speaks very frankly about the influences that interfered with the adoption of the original pro- posals made by Cardinal Bea and the majority of liberal-minded bishops. Rynne refers to published reports regarding the debates and the news that leaked out about the watered-down document. He men- tions the audience that was given the American Jewish Committee delegation, May 30, 1964, by Pope Paul who "expressed sympathy for the 'horrible ordeals' through which the Jewish people had passed, but made no allusion to any changes in the document." "In the course of the late sum New Israeli Tourist Guide Most Factual Argentine Writers Deplore Discrimination in Letter to Kosvgin (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) Heading a list of distinguished personalities addressing the Con- gress is President Zalman Shazar. Other speakers include Zalman BUENOS AIRES—The Argentine Writers' Association expressed its "deep concern" here Wednesday over anti-Jewish discrimination in the Soviet Union. In a letter sent to Soviet Pre- mier Alexei Kosygin, the Associa- tion deplored the policy suppress- ing the publication of books Hebrew and Yiddish and the func- tioning of Jewish theaters and schools in Russia. "Such a policy of discrimina- tion," the letter declared, "is flagrantly contradictory to the so-called policy of nationalities in Russia. Language and religion constitute integral and sacred parts of any community and no- body and nothing can deprive a community of their free exercise without assuming great respon- sibility before peoples and his. tory. Citing the denunciations of Soviet bias against Jews voiced at a re- cent Latin American conference on discrimination against Jews in the USSR, the statement called the treatment of Soviet Jewry "an irritating and irregular situation." A GOOD MAN TO KNOW! 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