Dr. Finkelstein Admits He Knew About Doxology's Use

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The Post, while not disputing
President Nixon's "right" to hold
services in the executive mansion,
felt that the manner in which the
current weekly services was being
held lacked dignity.
"Unfortunately, the way religion
is' being conducted in the White
House these days — amid hand-
picked politicians, reporters, cam-
eras, guest-lists, staff spokesman—
has not only stirred needless con-
troversy but invited . . . the suspi-
cion that religion has somehow
become entangled . . . with poli-
tics."
Dr. Finkelstein had been invited
to play a role in the seventh Nixon
service in the East Room He de-
livered a sermon and ended the i
service with the hymn "Adon
Olam.
"When Mr. Nixon said last
Sunday that Rabbi Finkelstein
had already served three Presi-
dents, we flinched," the Post
said. "Served? Are rabbis, or
priests or ministers in the busi-
ness of serving political leaders
or the causes they represent? Is
It really in the best of taste, with
the White House as the setting,

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for Rabbi Finkelstein to pray that added, there was nothing incorrect
future historians . . . may say from the Jewish point of view
that in a period of great trials about speaking at such a service.
and tribulations, the finger of
Dr. Finkelstein said it was en-
God pointed to Richard Milhous
tirely correct to take part in the
Nixon, giving him the vision and
service when requested to do so
wisdom to save the world and
by the President. "When a Presi-
civilization? Or for the president
dent asks someone to do some-
to praise the rabbi as "one of the
thing which is not against his
most distinguished leaders of our
principles, he should do it," he
time—one of the few who have
said. The chancellor noted that
been on the cover of Time Maga-
zine?"
The Post commented that the
practice of holding the White House
services—which are billed as non-
denominational—"invites more trou-
ble than it's worth— as witness the
for a lifetime of proud possession
controversy which quickly devel-
oped about the inclusion of Chris-
tian dogma into Rabbi Finkel-
stein's services, attended by a
large number of Jews."
Dr. Finkelstein on Monday in-
sisted he had no criticism of the
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he complied with the late Presi-
dent Kennedy's request to attend
the coronation of Pope Paul VI.

Dr. Finkelstein said that he had
known in advance that the Doxol-
ogy had been a component of the
President's private White House
service. Other parts of the service
were Jewish and nondenomination-
al. He said firmly, "My presence
did not of course indicate in any
way acquiescence in the idea."

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element of the service which he
did not think was warranted. The
whole service, he said, "was done
with great dignity." Moreover, he

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