Cardinal Spellman Pledges to Uphol d Vatican Rulings
WASHINGTON (JTA — Cardinal
Spellman Sunday • pledged to a
group of American Jewish leaders
that "the Catholic Church in this
Country will do everything it pos-
sibly can to implement the spirit
as well as the letter" of the Vati-
can Council's Declaration on the
Relation of the Church to Non-
Christian Religions.
The declaration, adopted by the
Second Vatican Counci land promul-
gated by Pope Paul VI on Oct. 28,
1965, repudiated anti-Semitism, and
the ancient charge of collective
Jewish responsibility for the death
of Jesus and called for fraternal
dialogue between Catholics and
Jews.
Cardinal Spellman voiced his
pledge during an event—believed
to be unprecedented in the history
of America's religious communi-
ties—at which the American car-
dinals and bishops, assembled in
Washington for the annual confer-
ence of the American Catholic
Bishops, joined in a ceremony with
leaders of the American Jewish
Committee at a reception at The
Catholic University.
The occasion was the presenta-
tion by the American Jewish
Committee of commemorative
plaques to the American cardi-
nals and to Archbishop Patrick
O'Boyle of Washington, chairman
of the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops, in "heartfelt
appreciation" for the leadership
given by American members of
the Roman Catholic hierarchy in
behalf of the passage by the
Vatican Council of the "Jewish
declaration," and of its imple-
mentation.
Cardinal Spellman, dean of the
American bishops, received in be-
half of the Catholic Bishops of the
United States a set of two tablets
of the Ten Commandments, which
bear the following inscription: "In
heartfelt appreciation for the in-
spired and dedicated leadership
given to the cause of J e w i s h-
Christian understanding, the
American Jewish Committee pre-
sents to the Catholic Bishops of the
United States this symbol of our
enduring common moral and spirit-
ual bonds."
The tablets of the Ten Command.
ments, hand wrought in Hebrew
letters made of silver and bronze
quarried from mines in Israel by
an Israeli craftsman, are to be
placed permanently at the head-
quarters of the Catholic bishops, at
the National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference in Washington.
Morris B. Abram, president of
the American Jewish Committee
and U. S. representative on the
United Nations Human Rights
Commission, accepted a scroll for
the AJC from Cardinal Spellman.
Later, the American Jewish
Congress reported that interfaith
dialogues and other programs
aimed at bringing Catholics and
Jews closer together have had
little or no effect in changing
deeply held positions on birth
control, public funds for paro-
chial schools and other church-
state issues.
igh School in Negev Has
ame of Mrs. Lehman
DIMONA (JTA)
Dimona, a
Negev desert township halfway be-
tween Beersheba and the Dead
Sea, was host recently to a group
of members of a mission of the
women's division of the United
Jewish Appeal at dedication cere-
monies for the Edith Lehman
Comprehensive High School. Mrs.
Lehman is the widow of former
Governor and Senator Herbert H.
Lehman.
Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of
Keren Hayesod, and Education
Minister Zalman Aranne addressed
the ceremony which was opened
by Dimona Mayor G. Sabag. Mrs.
Burt Siris of New York headed the
visiting women UJA leaders.
The school, to provide secondary
education for hundreds of Dimo-
na's currently idle youth, was built
with contributions by the New
York women's division through the
UJA Israel Education Fund.
Despite the new look in Catholic-
Jewish relations since the Ecu-
menical Council, differences be-
tween the two groups remain "as
wide as ever" on both public and
theological questions, it was stated.
Howard M. Squadron, chairman of
the commission on law and social
action of the AJCongress, said he
was "neither surprised nor disap-
pointed" that closer ties had not
led to fewer differences.
"Dialogue does not have to result
in agreement," he declared. "It
does serve a useful purpose by ex-
posing different points of view to
rational exploration rather than
emotional explosions."
In Washington, Dr. Sterling W.
Brown, president of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews,
told a banquet Sunday night that
relations between American Catho-
lies, Protestants and Jews had
improved more in our generation
than in any previous two or three
centuries."
Former President Eisenhower
was honored at the banquet with
an award for "courageous leader-
ship in government service."
"
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 18, 1966-7
Eichmann Daughter-in-La w Hurt in Suicide Attempt
BUENOS AIRES — Mrs. Elvira Police said Mrs. Eichmann was
Teresa Pumaner Eichmann, wife of wounded by a 22-caliber revolver.
Adolph Eichmann's son Horst, was The couple lives in the suburb
sent to a Buenos Aires hospital where Adolf Eichmann, was kid-
after an apparent suicide attempt naped by Israelis in 1960. He was
sparked by a family quarrel Nov. later executed as a World War II
12.
mass murderer.
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