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January 10, 1969 - Image 18

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1969-01-10

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Pope Clarifies Stateme nt on M .E.

(Continued from Page 1)
Vatican's understanding of that
country's problems, and said
that relations between Israel and
the Vatican had improved.
A report presented by the
WJCongress' executive director,
Will Maslow, on tensions between
the Negro and Jewish communities
in the United States described
black anti-Semitism as the work
of a handful of extremists. But
It assailed the moderate Negro
leadership for failing to repudiate
and denounce "even these isolated
and sporadic utterances" and acts
of anti-Semitism. The Maslow re-
port reaffirmed the need for Jews
to work for the elimination of dis-
crimination against Negroes in
jobs, education and housing.
The governing council reviewed
international problems directly af-
fecting the welfare of Jews and
Israel. Among these were the situ-
ation of Jews in Eastern Europe,
particularly Poland and the Soviet
Union, and the United Nations Se-
curity Council's condemnation of
Israel's Dec. 28 reprisal raid on
Beirut International Airport. An-
other matter of concern was the
statute of limitations on Nazi war
crime prosecutions in West Ger-
many which is scheduled to take
effect on Dec. 31.
Armand Kaplan, director of the
WJCongress' international affairs
department, contrasted the harass-
ment of Polish Jews by the War-
saw regime with the friendly atti-
tude adopted by Czech authorities
despite the continuing crisis in
Czechoslovakia. He said that Jew-
ish community leaders had been
encouraged by Czech President
Ludvik Svoboda to go ahead with
preparations for the celebration
of the 1,000th anniversary of the
Czech-Jewish community. He said
the Czechoslovakian government
and people have strongly rejected

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attempts by Poland and East Ger-
many to export anti-Semitism.
Kaplan said the gravest cause for
concern was the position of Soviet
Jewry which was fraught with am-
biguities because of the Soviet
government's foreign and domes-
tic policies. He said that Russian
Jews were bound to be adversely
affected by Moscow's pro-Arab
policy. At the same time, domes-
tic policies made it impossible for
Jews to develop a free cultural
and religious life, he said.
The council adopted a resolu-
tion that expressed "mounting an-
xiety" over the "indefensible pol-
icy" of the Polish government,
which it said was directed against
"the defenseless remnants" of Po-
lish Jewry. It called on the War-
saw regime to reverse its policies
which are "an affront to the Jew-
ish people as a whole and a great
disservice to the cause of human
rights." On the statute of limita-
tions, the consensus was that the
government and parliament of
West Germany should feel duty-
bound to prevent a situation from
arising in which known Nazi war
criminals would go free.
The World Jewish Congress
urged direct Arab-Israel peace
talks to ease Middle East ten-
sions but rejected "attempts by
outsiders to bring peace — or
impose it — between Israel and
its Arab neighbors." The resolu-
tion was aimed at the reported
consideration by the Big Powers
of a Four Power conference on
the Middle East or a two-power
—United States and Soviet Un-
ion—effort to work out a Middle
East solution and impose it on
both sides in the dispute. "The
problem is not one for outsid-
ers, it is a problem for the peo-
ple of the Middle East," the
WJCongress argued.
The WJCongress meeting opened
Saturday under the chairmanship
of Dr. Prinz. The keynote address
was delivered by Dr. Goldmann
, who assailed the United Nations
1Security Council's resolution con-
! demning Israel for the Beirut air-
port raid as completely one-sided.
He said the resolution would tend
to encourage Arab terrorism.
At a press conference, Dr. Prinz
and Dr. Riegner, outlined topics
on the a gend a. Referring to
Judaeo-Christian relations, Dr.
Riegner said that the Catholic
Church has come to realize that
' Judaism and the Jewish people
must be accepted. Dr. Prinz said
that, apart from Israel, the major
preoccupation of the Jewish world
was with the position of Jewry in
Eastern Europe.
Kapla n, elaborated on that
problem in a report to the meet-
ing. He stressed, however, not the
current anti-Semitic campaign by
the Warsaw regime but the dan-
ger of cultural extinction for Jews
remaining in Poland. He said Jew-
ish schools in Poland are now
Jewish in name only — they are
mixed schools where Jews can
learn Yiddish only in special class-
es. Jewish publishing houses have
been liquidated. Kaplan said that
Jews are permitted to take pos-
sessions when they emigrate from
Poland but must renounce Polish
citizenship, becoming stateless. An
exit permit, he said, costs the
equivalent of $1,000.
The governing council of the
World Jewish Congress wound up
its meetings Wednesday by en-
dorsing a program to work more
closely with Roman Catholics,
Protestants and Orthodox Chris-
tians.

peace in the Middle East. The Pon-
tiff spoke as he gave his weekly
blessing to a crowd in St. Peter's
Square on the fifth anniversary of
his pilgrimage to_the Holy Land.
He said Middle East conflicts are
"painful for us, perhaps more than
for others." The head of the Ro-
man Catholic Church on three pre-
vious occasions has expressed
grave concern over renewed vio-
lence in the Middle East and has
called on Arabs and Israelis to
halt guerrilla activities, terrorism
and acts of reprisal. Wednesday he
recalled his plea for peace on this
day in 1964 when he met in Jeru-
salem with the Greek Orthodox Pa-
triarch Athenagoras, a meeting
that was hailed as the beginning
of a rapprochement between the
two churches after 900 years of
separation. "Our wish for peace
was then, and is still, for the pop-
ulations resident there and at odds
there because of conflicts known
to all and painful for us perhaps
more than for others,' he said.
Prime Minister Levi Eshkol re-
ceived a letter from Catholic
church leaders Wednesday ask-
ing him to intervene "to end this
unjust campaign" of criticism of
Pope Paul VI by some Israeli
leaders.
The most vociferous critics of
the Pope in Jerusalem were Dr.
Zerah Warhaftig, the minister for
religious affairs, and -Sephardic
Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim. The
latter accused the Pontiff and the
Vatican of waging an extensive
campaign against the Jewish reli-
gion and people.
(An unidentified cabinet minis-
ter at a cabinet meeting Sun-
day said that while the Pope
may have deserved criticism, Rab-
bi Nissim made too sweeping a
generalization when he accused
the Pontiff and the Vatican of con-
ducting an extensive campaign
against the Jewish religion and
Jewish people. The Jerusalem Post
suggested editorially that Rabbi
Nissim "overreacted.")
However, a Dominican friar who
lives in Jerusalem said on a radio
interview Monday that when the
Pope spoke ex cathedra he was
subject to criticism like any other
personality. The Latin Patriarch,
Msgr. Alberto Gori conducted a
special mass here to express "filial
affection" for the Pope. It was at-
tended by the French and Spanish
consuls general.
In New York, an Amer-
ican Orthodox rabbinical group
called on Jewish leaders to refrain
from further criticism of Pope
Paul lest it create a backlash that
would alienate Christian support-
ers of Israel. The statement was
issued by Rabbi Bernard Weinber-
ger, president of the Rabbinical
Alliance of America.
According to Rabbi Weinberger,
the Pope's remarks were "another
blot on the Church's record of in-
difference to Jewish blood" but
criticism of it "once made, should
not require overwhelming repiti-
tion." He criticized the fact that
statements made by "umbrella"
groups such as the Conference of
Major American Jewish Organiza-
tions and the Synagogue Council of
America were repeated individu-
ally by the dozens of individual
organizations represented by those
groups. "This leads to an impres-
sion of over-reaction which miti-
gates the impact of the initial cri-
ticism," Rabbi Weinberger said.
He noted that his group and a
majority of Orthodox Jews were
not represented by the "umbrella
groups."

Profit of Preaching
I once heard a preacher who was
powerful good. I decided to give
him every cent I had with me. But
he kept at it too long. Ten min-
utes later I decided to keep the
bills and just give him my loose
change. Another 10 minutes and I
was darned if I'd give him any-
thing at all. Then when he finally
stopped, and the plate came
around, I was so exhausted, I ex-
Ole Paul VI Sunday delivered tracted,$2 out.of,sheer spite=Mark
his Yoliith• appeal in a week for Twain.

A spokesman for the WJCon-
gress said the framework for clos-
er ties already existed. He said,
"Catholics and Protestants are in-
creasingly aware that Jews are
more than a people of a specific
religion."
Dr. Prinz said the meeting had
cleared the air on several ques-
tions, notably Jewish relations
with the Vatican.

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18—Friday, January 10, 1969

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