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Xavier Rynne's 1-Volume Resume of Vatican
Council II Presents History of Ecumenism
Four volumes of analyses of the cance in Protestant interests and
activities of the Ecumenical Coun- the Jewish issues that were in-
cil sessions in Rome are now of- volved introduced a new chapter
fered in a single volume review of in relations with the Catholics.
Cardinal Bea, who led in ef-
historic events by an authority
forts to mitigate the anti-Jewish
whose knowledge of the discussions
attitudes that existed previous-
is unquestioned and whose ac-
ly, plays a major role in the de-
quaintance with the facts is the
scriptive chapters related to the
completest available.
Jewish issue, and the events that
Xavier Lynne, the author of
led to the apotion of the declara-
"Vatican Council II," published by
tion deploring anti-Semitism are
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, pre-
fully accounted. The compro-
sents in the one-volume version the
mises are reported and ex-
events that led up to the Ecumen-
plained; the role played by Arab
ical Council, the basic principles
oppostionists whose contention
that were dealt with, the Catholic
in their attacks on Zionism "was
attitudes and the divisions of opin-
denied by a clause specifying
ion on many issues.
that the council had been
The present volume is an ris-
torical chapter dating back to the
elevation of Pius XII's successor
as Pope John XIII. This history is
not limited, however, to Catholic7
concern. It has much of signifi- //ill
The Gordon L. Grenns
Live in Des Moines
Sholom Aleichem
Article Released
by Soviet. Agency
Whenever Soviet Russian authori-
ties seek to prove that there is a'
measure of encouragement to Jew-
ish writers they refer to the recog-
nition of the w o r k s of Sholom
Aleichem.
The Soviet embassy in Washing-
ton has released a lengthy article
by Samuil Rozin, translated by E.
Felgenhauer, issued by Novosti
Press Agency (APN), which con-1
tains the following portion about
"Sholom Aleichem in Kiev:"
In Kiev, at No. 5 Krasnoarmeis-
kaya Street, there still stands a
house bearing the plaque: "The
outstanding writer Sholom Aleic-
hem lived in this house from 1897
to 1904." A photograph of this
house serves as an illustration to
a series of feature articles by
Leonid Khinkulov appearing in
three editions of the monthly Rus-
sian-language literary-artistic mag-
azine "Raduga" published in Kiev.
At various times, this ancient
city on the Dnieper River, the
present Ukrainian capital, was the
home of many prominent men of
letters. In a (I d it ion to *Sholom
Aleichem, there lived and created
here: Taras Shevchenko, Lesya
Ukrainka, Nikolai Leskov, Ivan
Franko, Mark Kropivnitsky,
Kotsyubinsky, Nikolai Gogol,
Maxim Gorky, Anatoly Lunachar-
sky, Alexander Blok and others.
Khinkulov devotes a separate chap-
ter to each of them. The articles,
which the author has entitled "Lit-
erary promenades through Kiev,"
con t a i n interesting particulars
about the life and work of the
writers.
The Jewish folk writer-realist.
subtle humorist and satirist Solo-
mon Rabinovich (1859-1916), who
used the pen n a me of Sholom
Aleichem, lived in Kiev for nearly
twenty years, writes Leonid Khin-
kulov. Besides Krasnoarmeiskaya
Street (the former Bolshya Vasil-
kovskaya). the Jewish classic
lived at 27 Saksaganskaya -Street
and also in Bolyarka, in the dacha
at 26 Tomoshevskogo. Sholom
Aleichenis best works, writes the
author, were written in Kiev:
"Tevye the Milkman," "Menac-
hem Mendel," "Josele the Night-
ingale," "Stempenyu," "Railway
Tales" and other s. In Sholom
Aleichem's satirical works. Kiev
was usually designated by the fic-
titious name of Yegupets.
The chapter on Sholom Aleichem
ends with lines by the Ukrainian
poet Pavlo Tychina:
And then Sholont Aleichem starts
in laughing!
A laugh that like a stinging
tempest blows
And 'cross the heads of tsars in
ern' ine races.
And soon
heard in all the
common places,
And soon around the whole wide
world it races,
No laugh. But force! You cannot
silence those
Whose moral strength disaster
can oppose.
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 29, 1967-25
Plymouth-Wayne Office of Livonia Bank to Open
Desks and chairs are finished in
Workmen have been rushing to
completion the interior finishing olive green and russet tones, blend-
"moved not by any political con- touches on Livonia National Bank's ing in with the rest of the au-
siderations, but by the Gospel's new Plymouth-Wayne Rd. office in tumnal hues. Five large plantings
spiritual love," is clearly indi- time for the three-day open house in architectural pottery, giving the
cated; and the theological argu- celebration planned for Jan. 4-6.
effect of an indoor garden, add a
ment against Jews are fully re-
According to Elvin D. Dougherty, special note of interest to the
corded.
bank president, "Every attempt spacious lobby.
Rynne shows that the vote that was made in the initial planning
was scheduled for Oct. 14-15, 1965, and construction of the new bank
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on the Jewish declaration was ex- office to come up with a modern,
pected to have a majority, "the contemporary building that would
only question being whether those provide the best possible banking
Music the Stein-Way
disappointed over the omission of services to the residents of the
the word decide, Bishop Carli's area."
DICK STEIN
Coetus Internationalis Patrum who
The structure features extensive
opposed it on theological grounds, use of tinted, gray glass windows,
& ORCHESTRA
and those who felt that there were and warm colors throughout the
still political objections, would be interior of tahe building to accent
able to register through Non placet the rich walnut wall paneling.
votes (two-thirds) to bring about
rejection or seriously impair un-
animity with which Council docu-
ments were supposed to be ap-
proved."
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Thus, it was feared that the op-,
THE NEW
position might muter up 500 votes, JI I I
Sat. 9:30 to 9 p.m. 1 /4 . IN
but the final vote, as is known, was
1,763 to 250. The opposition spoke
it
Sun. 12 to 5 p.m.
firmly, often bitterly, and it is all,
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recorded in the Rynne volume. He
refers to the article by Bishop Car-
Greenfield-8 Mile Rd.
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li condemning the declaration on
the Jews on a theological basis.
raged it is also interesting to note ,
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, DEC. 30 & 31
an important appended footnote by
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Rynne.
The dropping of the reference,
to decide (the charge by Arch-
bishop Heenan of Westminster,
that the agreed-upon text with
the omissions caused to be
"virtually unrecognizable, and
the Pope's order for a revision of
the schema, induced Rynne to
write as follows: "The sponsor-
ing of this bastardized text was
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probably Pope Paul's single
greatest mistake and gave rise to
more misgivings about his inten-
tions than anything else." To
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this Rynne added this footnote:
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"The Pope's apparently casual
remark in the course of a Passion
Sunday sermon on April 4, 1965,
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also caused something of a fur-
or: 'That people (the Jews), pre-
destined to receive the Messiah,
who had been awaiting him for
thousands of years . . . when
Christ comes . . not only does
not recognize him, but opposes it
him, slanders him and finally
kills him.' A chartiable explana- at
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Lion suggested that owing to a
'slip' the Pope had fallen into
were $18
the centuries-old habit of attrib-
uting the death of Jesus to the 111
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MRS. GORDON GRENN
Judith Beth Malinoff and Gordon
Lloyd Grenn were married recent-
ly at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel.
Rabbi Halpern officiated.
The couple's parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Eli Malinoff of Pennsylvania
Ave., Southfield and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Grenn of Kentucky Ave.
The bride wore silk peau de soie
gown over English net, with an A-
line skirt and a chapel train On
her head was a petal cap of peau
de soie, and she carried a Bible
with orchids. Phalaenopsis and cas-
cading Stephanotis.
Rana Malinoff, sister of the
bride, was maid of honor. Brides-
maids were Mrs. Alan Kalt, sis-
ter of the bridegroom, Mrs. Jay
Stark, of Ann Arbor, and Susan
Cohen. Laurie and Barbara Le-
sine were junior bridesmaids.
Alan Kalt served as best man.
Ushers were Edward Grad, Geof-
fery Trivax, Gary Eaton and Ran-
dy Levine.
Following a Nassau honeymoon.
the couple will live in Des Moines.
Golda Krolik Ends
Career of Service
on Relations Body
Mrs. Golda Krolik, a member the
Detroit Commission on Community
Relations and its predecessor, the
Mayor's Interracial Committee,
since 1946, was
honored upon her
retirement from
t h e commission
this week.
At a surprise
reception in
Mayor Cava-
nagh's office.
Mrs. Krolik re-
ceived a certifi-
cate of apprecia-
tion from the
'mayor for her
I services to th e
citizens' pol-
icy-making com-
mission.
Mrs. Krolik
Mrs. Krolik, originally appointed
to the committee by Mayor Jef-
fries, was honored recently for her
contributions to human rights at
the annual Human Rights Day
recognition dinner. •
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Efforts subsequently were made 11
by Paul VI to publish texts of de-
crees and schemas "to forestall er-
roneous interpretations of his own
actions and set the record straight."
The gathered data, the texts, the
many facts related to the Ecumeni-
cal Council discussions, make the
Rynne accumulation and his notes
of historic merit. The exclusion of
lists of speakers, chronologies and
other facts does not delimit this
work. It is a record indispensable
in the study of the vents that
emanated from - Vatican Council
II."
15 New Centers Built
at Cost of $15,000,000
Fifteen new Jewish Community
Center and YM & YWHA buildings 1'1
costing close to $15,000,000 were 1
dedicated during 1966 and 1967, it I
is reported in Volume XVI of Year
Book of JWB, association of Jew-
ish Community Centers and YM &
YWHAs.
The JWB Year Book reports new
highs in center membership, bud-
gets and attendance figures. Mem-
bership in Jewish Community Cen-
ters and YM & YWHAs has in- I.
creased to 717,000, an increase of
7,000 over the 1966 figure. Activi-
ties in JCCs and Ys attracted an
aggregate attendance of 29,900,000
persons, more than a million more
than reported for the previous
year. JCC and YM & YWHA bud-
gets t ot alled $35,065,000, an in- a
crease over the previous record
high of $32,710,000, reported in J.
1966.
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